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Hudson River Trading: company research
Last checked Oct 3, 2026
Hudson River Trading is a multi-asset class quantitative trading firm that provides liquidity on global markets and directly to its clients. It describes itself as a math and technology company whose engineers and researchers work as one team to develop automated trading algorithms using advanced mathematical techniques. The firm was founded in 2002 by partners who graduated from Harvard and MIT with degrees in computer science and mathematics. Source: hudsonrivertrading.com
Key facts
- Website
- hudsonrivertrading.com
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Technology and AI
HRT states that it is first and foremost a math and technology company, with engineers and researchers working as one team to solve difficult problems and trade millions of shares a day on global financial markets. The firm says it has built one of the world's most advanced computing environments for research and development, modeling, and risk management. Its staff research and develop automated trading algorithms using advanced mathematical techniques.
Source: hudsonrivertrading.comRecent moves
Crunchbase lists an acquisition of Sun Trading by Hudson River Trading, with the announced date and price obfuscated on the page. Crunchbase also lists a funding round for Hudson River Trading with a date rendered as Jan 1, 1970 and the amount obfuscated. No other recent moves are established by the cited pages.
Source: crunchbase.comEngineering culture
HRT describes itself as mathematicians, computer scientists, statisticians, physicists and engineers who research and develop automated trading algorithms. The company says its founding partners graduated from Harvard and MIT with degrees in computer science and mathematics and founded HRT in 2002, applying a technology-driven approach to trading stocks. It states that its algorithms quickly found success in the markets and that HRT grew from US equities origins into a global, multi-asset class trading firm.
Source: hudsonrivertrading.comCompetitors and position
HRT positions itself as a multi-asset class quantitative trading firm providing liquidity on global markets and directly to its clients, describing itself as at the forefront of technical innovation for financial markets and as thoughtful market leaders committed to the health and longevity of global markets. The cited pages do not name specific competitors.
Source: hudsonrivertrading.comLeadership
- Jason CarrollCo-Founder
- Alex MorcosCo-Founder
- Suhas DaftuarCo-Founder
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