EPAT Faculty > Brian Christopher
Brian Christopher
Founder of Blackarbs LLC
About the Faculty
Brian Christopher is the Founder of Blackarbs LLC, a quantitative research firm based in Denver, Colorado. With a strong background in quantitative research, financial data analysis, and equity trading, he has contributed to the development of trading models and tools. He holds a B.Sc. in Economics from Northeastern University and is a CFA charterholder.
Brian has experience as a Financial Data Analyst at Thomson Reuters and as an equity trader at Chimera Securities. He is also a contributor to SeekingAlpha.com, where he shares insights on market trends. In his leisure time, he enjoys weight training, hiking, and reading about history.
Brian’s practical experience in trading and his deep understanding of quantitative research equip learners with the tools needed to succeed in modern financial markets.
EPAT Teaching
Brian’s EPAT session focuses on building and evaluating machine learning models for trading strategies. Participants learn feature engineering, selection, and testing across timeframes, while applying concepts like information bars to boost accuracy. With tree-based models, it’s a hands-on guide to optimizing data-driven trading strategies.
Webinars Conducted
Can we use Mixture Models to Predict Market Bottoms? by Brian Christopher - 25th April 2017
2017
