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Garen Bakalian

@garenbakalian

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I build systematic commodity trading strategies, infrastructure, and diversified portfolios.

Switzerland

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to lead and build systematic commodity trading capabilities, from research and risk to low-latency execution, while developing diversified strategies and quantitative teams.

I'm leading Ezpada’s four-person systematic trading desk, building low-latency production infrastructure and deploying diversified commodity algorithms with event-driven capabilities for market-moving news.

Across Alvean, Wilmar Sugar, ENI Trading & Shipping, and Gazprom Marketing & Trading, I've traded and built quantitative strategies across agriculture, energy, and metals. My work spans research, market microstructure, portfolio risk, execution, power forecasting, and institutional-grade trading infrastructure.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Lead Systematic Trader

Current

Ezpada

Jan 2024 - Present (2 years 8 months)

Leading a four-person systematic trading desk and building the firm's systematic trading capability across commodities markets. Managing the desk's day-to-day operating framework, including strategy prioritisation, recruitment, budget planning, and performance reporting.

Systematic Trading Commodities Low Latency Infrastructure Algorithmic Trading Risk Management Event Based Trading Python

Co-Founder

AGCAMI Consulting Asset Management and Intelligence

Jan 2023 - Dec 2024 (1 year 11 months)

Co-founded a Swiss-registered consulting firm, delivering systematic commodity trading capabilities through a modular Python research and execution framework. Architected real-time market data infrastructure and developed a portfolio risk-management engine.

Python Systematic Trading Market Data Risk Management Execution Algorithms Interactive Brokers Trading Technologies CQG CME ICE

Senior Trader

Wilmar Sugar

Jan 2022 - Dec 2023 (1 year 11 months)

Traded corn, wheat and sugar futures using proprietary quantitative signals, relative-value analysis and market microstructure indicators. Designed and implemented a composite intraday trading framework combining multiple independent signals.

Quantitative Trading Futures Market Microstructure Relative Value Analysis Technical analysis Python

Trader & Data Scientist

Alvean

Jan 2018 - Dec 2022 (4 years 11 months)

Designed, deployed and managed systematic proprietary strategies across sugar, crude oil and refined products, achieving a 1.75 Sharpe ratio in live trading. Developed market-flow forecasting frameworks and a live Level 2 market-microstructure platform.

Systematic Trading Python Machine Learning LSTM Market Microstructure CFTC Positioning Alternative Data Risk Management

Quantitative Trader

ENI Trading & Shipping

Jan 2017 - Dec 2018 (1 year 11 months)

Traded linear and non-linear products across crude oil, refined products, natural gas, power, coal and emissions. Contributed to the build-out of Eni's multi-commodity systematic trading capability from inception, achieving a 2.6 Sharpe ratio in live trading.

Quantitative Trading Python scikit learn Keras TensorFlow Systematic Strategies ICE CME EEX Trayport

Senior Trading Analyst

ENI Trading & Shipping

Jan 2014 - Dec 2016 (2 years 11 months)

Supported the expansion of the European Power Desk by developing proprietary trading strategies across continental electricity markets. Designed statistical and fundamental models for short- to medium-term trading, including delta models and relative-value tools.

Power Trading Statistical Modeling Python Web Applications Data Visualization Fundamental analysis

Quantitative Analyst

Gazprom Marketing & Trading Limited

Jan 2010 - Dec 2014 (4 years 11 months)

Developed a Monte Carlo optimisation framework for natural gas storage, hydroelectric reservoirs and swing contracts. Built short- and medium-term European power-price forecasting models and managed a short-term continental European power trading book.