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I'm Elvin Zeynalli

Business Analyst · Quantitative Researcher · Automation Engineer

Currently: PhD candidate at Sabanci University, researching RL for optimal trading execution & portfolio optimization.

Recent Work

Deep Reinforcement Learning for Hedging

Quant Research

An overview of deep hedging, focusing on how hedging can be framed as a risk-aware sequential decision problem under transaction costs, liquidity constraints, and convex risk measures.

Quant TradingHedgingRisk ManagementReinforcement LearningDeep Learning

Teaching a Machine to Stock ATMs: Deep Reinforcement Learning for Cash Demand Forecasting

Quant Research

A PhD course project applying the Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (DDPG) algorithm to ATM cash demand forecasting. The problem is framed as a continuous Markov Decision Process, evaluated against industry benchmarks on the 111-ATM NN5 dataset.

Reinforcement LearningDeep LearningTime Series ForecastingDDPGActor-Critic

The Application of Hidden Markov Model to Detect BTC Market Regime

Quant Research

A research-oriented overview of how a Gaussian Mixture Hidden Markov Model can be used for BTC regime learning, with focus on theory, structure, and practical limitations.

Quant TradingHidden Markov ModelsMachine LearningBinancePython

Optimal Blackjack Strategy Through Dynamic Programming

Automation

An analysis of optimal Blackjack strategies using recursive decomposition and dealer probability analysis.

Dynamic ProgrammingAlgorithmsBlackjackPython
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