Quant consulting · Zug, Switzerland
Quant research that survives live markets.
Unbiased Alpha is a Swiss quant firm. Former institutional quants from Neuberger Berman, Credit Suisse and UBS research, test and run systematic trading strategies for funds, trading firms and private investors, at fixed prices.
A technical conversation about your idea, data and constraints. No sales pitch.
$1B+
Multi-asset fund at Credit Suisse, where our founder was a strategist
4
Continents with clients: the US, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Australia and the UK
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Fixed-price packages, published up front
30 min
Free technical call to start
Team backgrounds: Neuberger Berman · Credit Suisse · UBS
01 / When teams call us
When teams call us
Most engagements start with one question: does the idea hold up on real data?
- 01
You have a strategy and need an independent view.
Before committing more capital or time, have someone outside your team try to break it.
Strategy Health Check - 02
Live results are drifting from the backtest.
It is usually costs, capacity or overfitting. A Health Check finds out which, in about two weeks.
Strategy Health Check - 03
You want a new strategy, from your idea or ours.
Researched, tested out of sample and fully specified, with a clear go or no-go.
Strategy Build - 04
You need senior quant capacity without hiring.
New research, model reviews and live monitoring, about five to six days a month.
Research Retainer - 05
Your data layer is a mess.
Four API keys, three response formats, one endpoint that breaks every month. AuraStream puts it behind one API.
AuraStream
02 / Packages
Three fixed-price ways to work with us
Start with a Health Check if you already have a strategy, a Build if you need a new one, or a Retainer if you want senior quant capacity every month.
Strategy Health Check
CHF 5,000
Fixed price · about 2 weeks
For teams and investors with an existing strategy or backtest who want an independent view before committing more capital or time.
- Data quality, survivorship and look-ahead bias
- Overfitting: parameter sensitivity, out-of-sample and walk-forward checks
- Transaction costs, slippage and capacity
- Risk: drawdowns, concentration, regime dependence
You get: A written report with findings ranked by impact and concrete fixes, plus a 60-minute call. The fee is deducted from a Strategy Build ordered within 60 days.
Strategy Build
from CHF 30,000
Fixed quote · typically 8 to 12 weeks
For funds and trading firms that want a new systematic strategy researched and validated by a senior team, from your idea or ours.
- Data sourcing and cleaning for the agreed markets
- Hypothesis-driven research and backtests with out-of-sample checks and realistic fees
- Strategy report on performance, risk and capacity, with a clear go or no-go
- Full strategy specification and parameters
You get: Typically CHF 30,000 to 60,000, fixed in a written quote after the scoping call. Going live (broker integration, paper trading, small-capital run) is quoted separately.
Research Retainer
CHF 10,000 / month
About 5 to 6 days a month · 3-month minimum
For teams that need senior quant capacity on an ongoing basis without hiring.
- New research and backtests
- Independent review of models built by your team
- Live results monitored against the backtest, with early warning of alpha decay
- Derivatives pricing, hedging, VaR and CVaR, machine learning and time-series models
You get: A monthly summary of work done and findings, plus regular calls. Monthly after the first three months.
Prices are in Swiss francs and exclude VAT where applicable. Anything outside these packages gets a written fixed-price quote.
03 / How a project runs
How a project runs
- 01
Intro call
30 minutes, free. Your idea, data and constraints.
- 02
Proposal
Written scope with deliverables, timeline and fixed price.
- 03
Research
Data, hypothesis, backtest. You see results at every step.
- 04
Production
Optional: paper trading first, then a small-capital run.
- 05
Live
We monitor live results against the backtest and flag alpha decay.
04 / How we think
Research has to hold up on real data
Hypothesis first
Backtesting is a validation tool, not a research tool. Every strategy starts from an idea we can test, not from mining parameters.
Real costs, real capacity
Fees, slippage and capacity are in the backtest from day one, so the result means something.
A plain go or no-go
If an idea does not hold up out of sample, we tell you plainly.
Monitored live
Live results are tracked against the backtest, with early warning of alpha decay.
What we don't do
We don't manage money or set up funds, since both require a licence. We build and run the technology; you keep control of the capital.
05 / What clients say
What clients say
Unbiased Alpha have been fantastic to work with and they are a great self-motivated quantitative development team. My firm will continue to utilize their skills and services.
Client review
Marco had been extremely helpful and accommodating during the entire project. He has a very good understanding of finance along with some good knowledge of coding which made him the ideal candidate for the work I was looking to get done.
Client review
They exceeded my expectations completely and always met my requests for additions.
Client review
06 / Products
Data products for quant teams
The infrastructure we wanted when we were running institutional money, now available to your team.
AuraStream
One API for market, macro and order book data. One endpoint and one response format across sources, built for research and backtesting.
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From the research desk
Order Book Pressure Signals: A Practical Guide
Read article (opens in a new tab)Backtest Overfitting: A Hypothesis-First Alternative for Quant Traders
Read article (opens in a new tab)Have a strategy question?
Tell us about your idea, data and constraints. We will tell you honestly whether we can help.