FINN HEAP — research

Research

Academic work, quantitative models and technical write-ups.

Projects spanning stochastic volatility, probability, and applied mathematics, produced during and after my time at Warwick.

▮ research — projects & writing 6 listed
project type description link
heston-sabr-comparison writing MSc thesis — applied comparison of Heston and SABR stochastic volatility models. Scored 77%. → read
yield-curve-notes writing Personal notes on Nelson-Siegel, principal components, and curve fitting methods for the yield curve. → read
stochastic-vol-primer writing A walkthrough of Heston and SABR models aimed at practitioners new to stochastic volatility. → read
market-microstructure-notes writing Notes on adverse selection, the Glosten-Milgrom model, and the economics of bid-ask spreads. → read
monte-carlo-pricer code Monte Carlo option pricer with variance-reduction techniques (antithetic, control variates) in Python + NumPy. → open
pairs-trade-engine code Statistical-arbitrage engine using cointegration tests and a Kalman filter spread model. → open