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The HFT and Quant track on Launchpad is for students targeting quantitative trading, market making, and high-frequency trading firms. It focuses on the two things those interviews test hardest: sharp probability reasoning and low latency C++ that actually reflects how HFT code is written.

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Probability

Quant and HFT interviews lean heavily on probability puzzles and reasoning under uncertainty. The Probability course builds:
  • Foundations in discrete and continuous probability
  • Expectation, variance, and conditional reasoning
  • The problem-solving patterns that reappear across trading firm interviews

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Low Latency HFT C++

This course teaches C++ the way trading firms use it, where microseconds matter. It currently covers Week 0 – Foundations:
How pointers and references differ, when each is the right tool, and what that choice costs you in latency-sensitive code. Taught across two parts, with a consolidated reading unit and an MCQ practice set to check your understanding.
Where objects live and how long they last, and why storage duration decides allocation cost on a hot path. Also split into two parts with a consolidated reading unit and its own MCQ practice set.
Week 0 is what is live today, so treat the C++ side of this track as an early foundation rather than a complete HFT curriculum. Check the course on Launchpad for the latest modules.
HFT and quant interviews often combine probability puzzles with C++ deep dives in the same round. Practicing both in parallel is the fastest way to build interview readiness.

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Sharpen further

Interview Prep

Rehearse HFT and quant rounds with an on-demand AI interview or a live expert interview.

DSA & CP

Strengthen data structures, algorithms, and C++ speed through the DSA and CP track.