Jack Sarkissian, PhD, is the Managing Partner at ZX Capital Partners, where he directs systematic market-making and trading strategies across equities, fixed income, and prediction markets. Previously, Jack served as Chief Investment Officer at EG Capital Partners, where he managed $3 billion in assets, and held senior quantitative and risk-management roles at investment banks.
Jack is a pioneer of quantum finance and was the first to demonstrate the quantum nature of financial markets at the microstructural level. He is known for formulating Quantum Financial Dynamics (QFD), a physical theory of financial markets that derives microscopic market dynamics from the mechanics of liquidity interaction and price measurement. QFD provides a unified framework for modeling trade execution, order-book dynamics, spread formation, block pricing, illiquid assets, and derivatives with illiquid underlyings.
DAY 2 | Tuesday, January 26
1:45 PM The Future of Systematic Trading — Automation, Autonomy & the 10-Year View
Everyone says "systematic trading." Almost nobody engages with where it's actually going. This session takes the ten-year view: fully automated trading desks, autonomous execution, and the buy-versus-build decision that will define the next decade. With only a handful of firms possessing the data and resources to build what the future requires, what does that mean for everyone else? A candid conversation about the long-term future of the buy-side desk itself.
DAY 3 | Wednesday, January 27
10:15 AM Panel: Prediction Markets - From Speculation to Institutional Signal
The institutional land grab is on: a $2 billion NYSE-parent investment in Polymarket, a $22 billion Kalshi valuation, $21 billion in monthly volumes, and event contract data now feeding algorithmic trading around FOMC meetings. Prediction markets have crossed from novelty to institutional infrastructure — and this panel brings the key players to the ELS main stage. How are buy-side desks actually using event contracts as macro hedging tools? Where is institutional traction real versus hyped? How will the regulatory battle between federal and state authorities resolve? And what should YOUR desk do about it in 2027?
Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Jack.
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