Carlos Arcila-Barrera

Portfolio Manager and Research Lead Sigma Advanced Capital Management

Carlos Arcila-Barrera is the Founder and CEO of Sigma Advanced Capital Management, a proprietary trading and applied research firm focused on macro, commodities, and quantitative modelling. From 2016 to 2024, Sigma operated as a commodity-focused hedge fund, managing institutional capital across global futures and options with an emphasis on energy and cross-asset derivatives. The firm has since evolved into a prop trading and research platform exploring practical applications of machine learning and quantum computing in portfolio optimization, derivatives pricing, and risk management. Carlos lectures on applied derivatives at the University of Notre Dame and Universidad de los Andes. He holds a Master of Finance from Notre Dame, a Master’s in Sustainability from the University of Cambridge, and is a CFA, CAIA, and GAPR SCR charterholder.