XIJIN SHAN

XIJIN SHAN

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Equity Derivatives Quant Trader, VP at GF Securities

  • Education

    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      2018 - 2024
      Master of Computer Science Computer Science in Data Science
    • Rutgers University-New Brunswick

      2014 - 2016
      Master's degree Mathematical Finance 3.9
    • Jinan University

      2010 - 2013
      Bachelor of Economics Dual degree in Finance
    • Jinan University

      2009 - 2013
      Bachelor of Science (BS) Mathematics and Applied Mathematics

      Activities and Societies: Hold many activities such as excursion, dinner party, basketball match, Jinan University Debate Competition, Jinan University Chinese Cultural Festival.

  • Experience

    • ELLE INVESTMENTS INC.

      Jul 2015 - Aug 2015
      Programmer Internship
    • Numerix

      Sept 2015 - Aug 2016
      Financial Engineer/Quantitative Documentation Intern

      • Stripped the OIS/EONIA/SONIA curves from the compounded index swaps and from the average basis swaps respectively and constructed the cap, FX and swaption volatility surfaces and the credit curves• Based on the stripped OIS curves, stripped LIBOR curves from the vanilla swaps and constructed foreign yield curves from the cross-currency basis swaps and applied the monotone convex method to construct instantaneous forward rate• Worked on Numerix CrossAsset error message project and researched the CrossAsset C++ code to modify the quality of the CrossAsset error messages• Analyzed the CrossAsset C++ code for derivative pricing models and financial instruments across interest rate, cross-currency, credit, equity, FX and commodity to explain the error messages• Conducted financial instruments valuation with MC techniques based on Numerix CrossAsset Show less

    • Calypso Technology

      Sept 2016 - Feb 2021
      Financial Engineer, RD - Analytic
    • GF Securities

      Mar 2021 - now

      Mainly manage 3BN CNY single stock flow and exotic equity derivatives;Assist in trading over 50BN CNY index flow and exotic equity derivatives. Lead a team to develop and enhance pricing models and trading strategies for flow and exotic equity derivatives

      • Equity Derivatives Quant Trader, VP

        May 2023 - now
      • Desk Quant, VP

        Mar 2021 - May 2023
  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to XIJIN SHAN
      Excellent Graduation Thesis, Jinan University Jinan University Jun 2013
    • Awarded to XIJIN SHAN
      Excellent Graduation Thesis, Jinan University Jinan University Jun 2013
    • Awarded to XIJIN SHAN
      3rd Scholarship, Excellent Student, Jinan University 3rd Scholarship, Excellent Student, Jinan University May 2013
    • Awarded to XIJIN SHAN
      Excellent Student Leader, Jinan University Jinan University Oct 2012
    • Awarded to XIJIN SHAN
      National Scholarship The Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China Oct 2012 * the only winner among 78 students in Department of Mathematics at Jinan University
    • Awarded to XIJIN SHAN
      2nd Nationwide Prize, China Undergraduate National Electrician Mathematical Modeling Competition Chinese Society of Electrical Engineering Dec 2011
    • Awarded to XIJIN SHAN
      1st Prize, Excellent Student Leader, Jinan University Jinan University Nov 2011
    • Awarded to XIJIN SHAN
      3rd Provincial Prize, China Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling China Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (CSIAM) Oct 2011