Decision Architecture
Defining what a system may do, when it may participate, and where discretion must end.
Founder profile / Independent systems architect
The architect
behind the systems.
Alistair Ozdemir designs and evaluates systematic trading frameworks where strategy logic, execution structure, and risk architecture must work together under real market conditions.
Primary disciplineTrading System Architecture
Research environmentPython · QuantConnect
Regulatory qualificationCMB Level 3 · Derivatives
Operating perspectiveRisk · Execution · Survivability
Profile / 01
Research discipline translated into production thinking.
Alistair’s work sits between quantitative research and engineering. He transforms strategy ideas that appear convincing in backtests into explicit decision systems—systems with defined participation rules, capital behavior, execution assumptions, and failure boundaries.
His focus is the structural reality of systematic trading: volatility regime changes, liquidity and slippage, concentrated risk, false diversification, and the gap between simulated and live execution. The objective is not to make a model look better. It is to determine whether the system deserves to exist under real constraints.
Through his EU-based quantitative trading company, he develops system architecture across futures, ETFs, and foreign-exchange markets, supported by Python-based research, portfolio analytics, validation workflows, and forensic diagnostics.
Core practice / 02
Where judgment meets evidence.
Risk & Capital Design
Engineering how exposure expands, contracts, concentrates, or disengages as conditions change.
Execution Realism
Testing strategy behavior against liquidity, latency, slippage, and fill uncertainty.
System Survivability
Identifying structural failure points before they become live-market losses.
Early foundation / 03
An unusually early start in regulated capital markets.
Alistair completed the Capital Markets Board of Türkiye’s advanced-level examinations while still in the first year of university studies. The achievement led to early internship opportunities across banking, securities, corporate finance, and portfolio management—providing practical exposure to the institutions, controls, and responsibilities surrounding capital.
2022Garanti BBVA SecuritiesSecurities · Financial analysis
2022AkbankCorporate finance · Financial advisory
2023Ata Portfolio ManagementPortfolio management · Financial analysis
2023Groupe AtlanticFinance department · International industryQualifications / 04
Regulatory grounding and continuous professional development.
Advanced regulatory certifications
CMB Türkiye
CML Level 3 — Advanced Capital Markets Certification
CMB Türkiye
CML Derivative Instruments — Advanced Certification
Selected executive & professional education
- Columbia Business School Executive EducationFinancial Engineering & Risk Management
- Wharton Executive EducationFinancial Technology & Market Structure
- Duke UniversityBehavioral Finance · Decentralized Finance
- Yale UniversityFinancial Crises & Systemic Risk
- University of GenevaInvestment Management
- INSEADBlockchain in Financial Services
- GoogleProject Management Professional Certificate
Working standard / 05
“The work begins where the backtest ends: with the decisions, constraints, and failure modes that determine whether a system can survive reality.”
Selective engagementsEvidence before narrativeRisk before signalLong-term survivability
Independent · EU-based · International
Serious systems deserve
serious architecture.
Alistair works selectively with traders, funds, and fintech builders who value correctness, robustness, and transparent decision logic over short-term backtest optics.
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