BattleFin -- The Making of a Quant: David Bush, Alphatative
One of the perceived benefits of quantitative trading strategies is that they remove emotions from the decision-making process. But for David Bush, a former professional musician, understanding the human element in the markets -- "emotion in rhythm," as he describes it -- is key to identifying trading opportunities. As part of QuantFORUM's series of video interviews with winners of BattleFin's global capital seeding tournaments, which help crowdsource the world's top investment talent, Bush, head of Alphatative, talks with our own Anna Stumpf about his transition from music to quantitative finance and the similarities in the disciplines.