About

Building at the edge
of finance & ML.

I am a Master of Finance student at Fordham University specializing in the intersection of quantitative modeling and machine learning. My work focuses on building systems that translate unstructured data into a measurable edge within prediction markets and alternative asset classes.

Currently focused on:

  • NLP & Mention Event Trading — Developing an algorithm that uses Markov chains and NLP to forecast vocabulary shifts in FOMC speeches. By predicting high-probability word mentions, the model identifies and trades mispriced “mention event” contracts on prediction markets before public realization.
  • Event-Driven Prediction Markets — Building ML models to forecast EPS beats. Instead of traditional long/short equity, I target event-driven contracts where the Polymarket consensus diverges significantly from statistical probability.
  • Alternative Alpha — Exploring niche domains where raw probability meets market mechanics, including the development of predictive models for horse racing.
Ibrahim
Education

Finance, M.S. (STEM)

Fordham University — Gabelli School of Business
2025 — Present

Quantitative finance, financial modeling, ML applications in markets.

Economics, B.A.

Yildiz Technical University
2021 — 2025

Econometrics, statistical analysis, economic theory.

Experience

Dean's Graduate Assistant

Fordham Gabelli School of Business
Aug 2025 — Jan 2026 · 6 mos
New York, NY

Valuation, Modelling & Analytics Intern

PwC
Feb 2025 — Jul 2025 · 6 mos
Istanbul

Equity Research Intern

InvestAZ
Jan 2024 — Jun 2024 · 6 mos
Istanbul
Competitions

CFA Institute Research Challenge Finalist

Hosted by CFA Istanbul
Sep 2024 — Present

A global competition which tests the analytic, valuation, report writing, and presentation skills of university students.

13th Annual Deloitte March Data Crunch Madness

Deloitte
2026

A data analytics competition where teams build predictive models for the NCAA basketball tournament using statistical and machine learning techniques.

Toolkit

What I work with

Languages

  • Python
  • TypeScript
  • SQL
  • C++

ML / Data

  • PyTorch
  • scikit-learn
  • Pandas
  • NumPy

Finance

  • Quantitative Modeling
  • Time Series
  • Risk Analysis
  • Prediction Markets
Resources

Books & references I use

The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book

The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book

Andriy Burkov

An Introduction to Statistical Learning

An Introduction to Statistical Learning

James, Witten, Hastie, Tibshirani

Hands-On Machine Learning

Hands-On Machine Learning

Aurélien Géron

Machine Learning Engineering

Machine Learning Engineering

Andriy Burkov

Advances in Financial Machine Learning

Advances in Financial Machine Learning

Marcos Lopez de Prado

Mathematics for Machine Learning

Mathematics for Machine Learning

Deisenroth, Faisal, Ong

Introduction to Probability

Introduction to Probability

Blitzstein, Hwang

Calculus for Machine Learning

Calculus for Machine Learning

Jason Brownlee

Introduction to Stochastic Calculus for Finance

Introduction to Stochastic Calculus for Finance

Dieter Sondermann

Probabilistic ML for Finance and Investing

Probabilistic ML for Finance and Investing

Deepak K. Kanungo

Feature Engineering for Machine Learning

Feature Engineering for Machine Learning

Alice Zheng, Amanda Casari