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I reached Gold level in the WorldQuant Challenge<\/strong> this May! The confirmation from WorldQuant BRAIN came through on 18 May 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pretty happy about this one. I’ve shared a few of my trading and data projects here already, so I wanted to add this too. Here’s the certificate:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"WorldQuant<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Download the certificate (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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