About · Alexander Vershinin

Story

In my own words

The short version of how I got here.

I spent my school years at Pinewood International School in Thessaloniki, Greece, where I earned the IB Diploma with High Honors, served as Student Council President and edited the school newspaper, The Pineword. During the pandemic I also took Harvard's free online economics courses.

Markets came early. At ten I was reselling candy at a markup and selling lemonade by the road. I've now been trading for more than five years, across crypto, futures and equities. In 2021 I founded Crypto Daily, a Discord trading-education community that grew to more than 2,700 members, and I've kept starting things since: web and affiliate projects, a streetwear label, and MosVer Capital, which I co-founded.

Today my focus is systematic. I build Python research pipelines for Nasdaq futures, test machine-learning models out of sample, and use AI agents to speed up the research. With MosVer Capital, the idea is the same: trading as a systematic, rules-based process rather than a series of discretionary calls.

I'm studying for EDHEC's Global BBA across Nice, Los Angeles and Singapore, and I'm at UCLA for fall 2026. In August 2026 I interned at Light Ray Ventures, a New York venture firm investing in robotics, clean tech and advanced materials. Next, I'm looking for internships in finance and quantitative roles.

Name: Alexander Vershinin
Based: Los Angeles, fall 2026
Home: Thessaloniki, Greece
Citizenship: United States · Russia
Studying: Global BBA, EDHEC Business School
Community: 2,700+ members, Crypto Daily
Languages: English and Russian (native) · Greek (fluent) · Spanish (intermediate) · French and Latin (learning)
Looking for: Internships in finance and quantitative roles

Now

What I'm working on

Fall 2026.

StudyingUCLA, Los AngelesGlobal Marketing & Strategy and International Trade.

BuildingGold risk monitorA bot that rates market risk for gold, from low to high.

ResearchingNQ breakout signalsMachine-learning models tested out of sample.

Looking forInternshipsFinance and quantitative roles, worldwide.

Interests

Outside the classroom

What I spend my own time on.

Quantitative trading

Systematic strategies, professional quant workflows and the academic literature behind them.

Entrepreneurship

Four ventures since 2021, from a trading community to a streetwear label.

Content creation

Trading education, from Crypto Daily to MosVer Capital's YouTube brand.

Gym training

Regular gym training, tracked in the same dashboard as my trading log.

Mechanical engineering

Self-study of mechanical engineering fundamentals.

Languages

Six in total. Currently learning French and Latin.

Aikido

Nine years of training in the Japanese martial art, which taught me discipline and patience.

Chess

Two years of lessons, and an analytical habit I bring to markets.

Painting & design

Four years of painting, plus video editing in Adobe Premiere Pro and 3D design for media projects.

Impact

Community & sustainability

Initiatives I organised at EDHEC and Pinewood.

Zero-waste cooking

TALAS · EDHEC

Organised workshops that teach students to cook with near-expiry food. The project follows the principles behind France's anti-waste law on food redistribution and aims to cut campus food waste.

Circular economyWorkshopsSustainability

Clothing drives

Student Council · Pinewood

Organised school-wide clothing donation drives for non-profit organisations, and introduced free women's hygiene products in school facilities.

CharityStudent leadershipRecycling

A21 Walk for Freedom

Twice

Took part twice in the A21 walk, which raises awareness of modern slavery and human trafficking and shows support for survivors.

Human rightsAwareness