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Summary: ✅ Founder, co-owner, and portfolio manager of a 6-figure private investment fund LLC ✅ YouTube: @RoboTraderGuy ✅ Air Force veteran ✈️ ✅ I specialize in programming trading bots 🤖 (equities, options, futures, crypto, forex), hooking them up to brokerage accounts, creating webpage dashboards for them, integrating them with databases, connecting them to AI / LLMs, deploying them into the cloud, and related financial automation jobs to include copy-trading, back-testing, email/text alerts, TradingView / TrendSpider webhooks, order forms, order routing scripts, sentiment analysis (like on r/WallStreetBets), scanners/screeners, as well as web scrapers ✅ 100% independent, no agencies, no bureaucracy ✅ A truly full-stack, end-to-end solution for all things algorithmic trading / quant development ✅ Better value than what you might find on TradersPost, OptionAlpha, Composer, Surmount AI, SignalStack, WhisperTrades, TradeSteward, Capitalise AI, MachineTrader, etc. Most of my clients pay under $20 in ongoing monthly fees to maintain their systems, with no limits on amount of capital invested or number of asset classes ✅ Joined Upwork in Nov 2021; obtained TOP RATED badge in Sep 2022; surpassed $100k earnings in Dec 2024; obtained TOP RATED PLUS badge in Jul 2025 Relevant education background: 📜 Dual M.S. Finance and M.S. Business Analytics, University of Dallas, 2023 📜 Certificate in Data Science, Southern Methodist University, 2024 Stock brokerage APIs: 🏛️ Alpaca 🦙 🏛️ Charles Schwab 🏊‍♂️ 🏛️ Etrade *️⃣ 🏛️ Lime Financial 🍋‍🟩 🏛️ Public 🗽 🏛️ SnapTrade 🫰 🏛️ TastyTrade 🍒 🏛️ TradeStation 🚉 🏛️ Tradier ↗️ 🏛️ Tradovate 🗠 Crypto APIs: 🪙 Coinbase 💠 🪙 Crypto(.com) 🦁 🪙 Gemini ♊ 🪙 Jupiter 🪐 🪙 Kraken 🦑 🪙 OKX ⬛ 🪙 Robinhood 🪶 Programming languages: 💻 Python 💻 HTML 💻 CSS 💻 Javascript 💻 Google Apps Script (Google Sheets) 💻 VBA (Microsoft Excel) 💻 SAS Trading languages (read-only proficiency): 📈 EasyLanguage 📈 Pinescript 📈 Thinkscript 3rd party market data services: 📊 DataBento 📊 Financial Modeling Prep 📊 Massive (formerly Polygon) 📊 TwelveData Web development frameworks: 🌐 Flask 🌐 Plotly Dash 🌐 Streamlit Databases: 💾 Firebase 💾 MongoDB 💾 SQLite Cloud platforms: ☁️ Fly IO ☁️ GCP (Google Cloud Platform) ☁️ Heroku (Salesforce) ☁️ Linode ☁️ Python Anywhere ☁️ Railway ☁️ Render Email/texting notification services: 🛎️ ClickSend / Sinch 🛎️ Discord 🛎️ Slack 🛎️ Telegram 🛎️ WhatsApp 🛎️ Twilio / SendGrid 🛎️ Twitter / X 🛎️ Vonage / Nexmo Software: ⭐ Power BI ⭐ Tableau Recent real-world jobs done for Upwork clients: 👏 Created a webpage which enables multiple users to ability to make their own bots with no code, includes parameters such as entry time, exit time, position sizing, number of legs, etc. 👏 Executed an iron condor strategy with multiple stop losses, profit takes, and futures hedging 👏 Taught a client with almost no prior Python knowledge how to program his own multileg options bot and implement it on a brokerage with error handling features in under 50 hours 👏 See the portfolio section on my profile for more Other relevant experience: 💯 I programmed my own algorithmic trading bot that I run daily using my own real money. I do not sell my own bot, but I will make yours FAQ: ❔Do you sell pre-made bots? ↪️ While I do sell pre-made templates, I don't sell pre-made strategies. If you want pre-made strategies, then head on over to Collective2 ❔How much money will my bot make? ↪️ Whether or not your bot makes money will depend largely on the requirements I am provided. I don't make any guarantees ❔Do you have experience with X? ↪️ While I am constantly adding to my skillset, here's a list of things that at this time I have no experience with: AFL/Amibroker, AWS, Azure, blockchain, Bloomberg, cTrader, DAS Trader, DeFi/DeX, Django, eSignal, FastAPI, FIX, FTMO, Interactive Brokers TWS, Keras (or any deep learning), MT4/MetaTrader 4, neural networks, NinjaTrader, NodeJS, Postgres, prop accounts (APEX, TopStep, etc.), React, TypeScript, Zapier ❔How much will this cost? ↪️ My project minimum is 5 hours / $500. My largest job has been for $40,000. My average job is $3000. All my earnings data is displayed publicly on my profile because I have nothing to hide. I've never had any feedback removed like other freelancers often do ❔How long will it take? ↪️ My average project takes 3-4 weeks. My smallest projects take 1 week. My largest projects take 2+ months ❔Can you build on my existing codebase? ↪️ I generally prefer to start from scratch, but this may be possible ❔When are you available to speak with me? ↪️ Please book a consultation if you wish to speak synchronously (phone/video calls). My typical hours are 10am-10pm CST, 7 days a week. I don't offer free synchronous time due to high invite volume. I will answer text messages usually within 24 hours

TradeStation EasyLanguage, comprehensive programming by an experienced trader. Over two decades of experience in programming, with a focus on EasyLanguage applications for the past five years. I offer unique coding, indicators, automated trading strategies, and training sessions on TradeStation and EasyLanguage for your convenience. Assisting customers globally to design automated trading systems, varying from simple to highly complex. I have a comprehensive understanding of the financial markets, enabling me to turn clients' concepts into effective trading plans.

I’m a quantitative researcher & trader 📈 with nearly 10 years prior experience at a major Chicago market making and high frequency trading firm. I can help your team analyze and extract insight from large datasets, design and evaluate systematic strategies, build and validate backtests, and troubleshoot complex execution, latency, & performance issues. If you need help with ✅ backtesting ✅ strategy evaluation ✅ execution analysis ✅ reconciling backtest vs. live performance ✅ debugging/troubleshooting trading strategies ✅ latency investigation and performance benchmarking ✅ data visualization ✅ Conveying complex analytical concepts into long form content or reports ✅ Ghostwriting advanced finance and trading content that performs on social ✅ Growing your X or LinkedIn account with organic content in the finance & trading niche ✅ Or simply extracting meaningful and insightful conclusions from very large datasets, I can bring institutional grade expertise to your project. 🌟 Additional highlights • Series 7 license during prior tenure • LIVE trading floor experience and responsibility for design, refinement, support and monitoring of a ✅ 50+ server global trading strategy infrastructure executing ✅ 100M+ shares per month. • On our peak days, we approached 20% of the SPY market volume in addition to the rest of the portfolio. • Market microstructure and orderbook expert working directly w/exchange market data. • Regularly reported strategy performance, infrastructure behavior, and operational findings to fellow traders and management, including a one time direct report of critical findings to CME Group. • Strong general knowledge of multiple assets classes and global financial markets and news cycles • Extensive experience with ₿ crypto market data and the Defi and NFT ecosystems 📊 Strategy Research & Backtesting • Conducted terabyte scale tick data research including microsecond level replay, queue position and slippage modeling, fill probability and order book interaction studies, & latency sensitivity analysis • Maintained and refined predictive models across multiple live product classes, exchanges, and market regimes that traded over 100 million shares per month. • Monitored live performance for microsecond sensitive strategies, diagnosing discrepancies between simulated vs. live behavior providing insight into signal degradation, slippage, order placement logic, parameter sensitivity, and venue specific execution problems. • Deep experience in predictive modeling including time series forecasting, robustness testing, and systematic strategy evaluation. • Collaborated with fellow traders, researchers, and developers to refine models based on execution behavior across markets. 👷 Infrastructure & Systems Experience • Supported a LIVE complex low latency global trading infrastructure across Chicago, New York, Paris, Frankfurt, and London, daily for nearly 10 years. • Deep knowledge of internal networking infrastructure at major exchange colocation facilities worldwide, and its effect on latency sensitive strategies. • Understanding of idiosyncratic matching engine and order book mechanics at major worldwide equity and futures exchanges • Hands on experience with ITCH, OUCH, FIX, CME MDP 3.0 exchange data protocols • Direct exchange connectivity and feed handler experience • Packet and message level execution & backtesting experience • Low latency server coordination and monitoring • Contributed to the rollout of a new generation of low latency trading software, including execution research performance validation, .deployment & production monitoring • Operated in CI/CD environments with Git, Atlassian tools and an Agile iterative model deployment workflow coordinated with a large in house development team. 🌎 Cross-Asset & Cross-Region Markets Experience across major US equity and ETF markets and European index futures including • ES, YM, NQ, TF US Futures • FESX, FDAX, CAC (Euronext Paris), FTSE (LIFFE/ICE Europe) European Futures • Major US ETFs • Major US large cap Equities • Exchange venues: CME, NASDAQ, NYSE, ARCA, BZX/BYX, EDGA/EDGX, IEX, Eurex, LIFFE, ICE, Euronext Paris, and dark pools. • Options competency but not in direct trading capacity 📈 Strategy development types • futures vs. equities arbitrage • event driven stat arbs • short term predictive models • fill and hedge/spread driven strategies • basis strategies • volatility arbitrage • both market making and 'taker' strategies • cross venue and cross region latency sensitive strategies ⚒️ Technical Skills & Credentials • R (expert), SQL (advanced), VBA, Bash scripting • C++ environment familiarity (not a developer role) • Tradingview, Pinescript • Strong familiarity working in Linux environments • Git, CI/CD workflows, Atlassian tools (JIRA etc) • AWS • Backtesting in Hadoop framework • Hands on experience with ITCH, OUCH, FIX, CME MDP 3.0 exchange data protocols • FINRA Series 7 licensed (held during tenure)

Hi! Upwork uses my first name, Royce, but I go by Aaron (my middle name). I am a Chartered Market Technician (CMT) charterholder with over a decade of experience in systematic trading, algorithmic strategy development, and quantitative finance. My expertise lies in building, backtesting, and optimizing algorithmic trading systems, applying advanced technical analysis techniques to enhance performance across asset classes. With a background in engineering and financial markets since 2008, I bring a structured, data-driven approach to strategy development, risk management, and market analysis. I have collaborated with investment advisors, hedge funds, CTAs, portfolio managers, and professional traders to develop cutting-edge algorithmic solutions. What I Offer ✔ Quantitative Strategy Development – Designing, coding, and optimizing systematic trading strategies in Python, TradeStation EasyLanguage, QuantConnect, and TradingView Pine Script. ✔ Backtesting & Performance Analysis – Conducting rigorous historical testing, Monte Carlo simulations, and statistical evaluations to validate trading models. ✔ Technical Analysis & Market Research – Applying CMT-recommended methodologies, including trend analysis, mean reversion, momentum studies, volatility modeling, and intermarket relationships. ✔ Algorithmic Trading Automation – Implementing fully automated execution systems, integrating with Interactive Brokers API, TradeStation, and other trading platforms. ✔ Portfolio & Risk Management – Developing quantitative models for asset allocation, volatility-adjusted position sizing, and multi-strategy diversification. My Edge ✅ Certified CMT Charterholder – Recognized expertise in professional technical analysis and market behavior. ✅ Deep Trading Knowledge – Over 10 years of real-world experience developing and executing systematic strategies in equities, options, and futures. ✅ Skilled Programmer – Writing clean, well-documented, and scalable code for robust algorithmic trading solutions. ✅ Industry Recognition – Featured QuantConnect Recommended Consultant, trusted by financial professionals managing $150M+ AUM. I thrive on solving complex trading problems and helping clients develop strategies that are both profitable and robust. If you're looking for a high-level quant developer with deep market expertise, let’s connect!

Tradestation EasyLanguage Programming by an active trader. Expertise includes custom coding for indicators, automated trading strategies, and training on TradeStation and EasyLanguage. I have 20+ years as a programmer (developer) with 14+ years specializing as an EasyLanguage programmer. As an active trader, I bring a deep knowledge of the financial markets, which helps me translate the clients’ ideas into an efficient strategy. I have consulted with clients around the world to develop simple to very complex automated trading strategies. Let's discuss how we can turn your ideas into an automated trading strategy or indicator! In addition, I enjoy training clients who are new to TradeStation or clients who need a few pointers. I provide training on TradeStation's platform and EasyLanguage Programming.

Financial markets analyst and trading educator with experience across options markets, volatility analysis, live market instruction, and financial media content. I specialize in translating complex market behavior into clear, actionable insights for retail traders, fintech platforms, and financial audiences. My background combines real time market analysis, derivatives education, client engagement, and financial writing across fast moving market environments. Alongside over 2,400 hours of live market instruction and trader development, I also contribute written market commentary and analysis focused on equities, options activity, macro themes, sentiment shifts, and volatility behavior. My experience includes: • Options market analysis and derivatives education • Volatility and market structure interpretation • Financial content creation and market commentary • Live chart analysis and market walkthroughs • TradingView and technical analysis workflows • Risk management and position sizing education • Client onboarding and trader support environments • Live virtual instruction and interactive learning sessions I work with: • Financial media and content platforms • Financial audiences seeking structured market education • Educational and research focused market teams • Traders seeking structured market understanding • Businesses needing market commentary or financial content support My approach prioritizes clarity, structured thinking, risk awareness, and practical communication over prediction driven content or hype. Disclaimer: I provide financial education and market commentary only and do not provide personalized investment advice.