Darren Zhou

Darren Zhou is Director of Execution Services at BestEx Research. He oversees daily trading in BestEx Research algorithms, manages trading services, and develops and implements improvements to trading operations. Darren's expertise is in high frequency and algorithmic trading, including more than 15 years of experience working with trading solutions, algorithmic execution, FIX certification and onboarding, and production management. He has held positions in electronic trading at both sell-side and buy-side firms, most recently at JPMorgan and Virtu Financial, and has developed a deep understanding of market microstructure, algorithmic execution strategies, dark pools, smart order routers, exchange binary protocols, and FIX protocols. Darren holds an MBA in Finance and a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Economics from Rutgers University.