A desk background, now pointed at public research.

Julian spent twelve years market-making options at a global investment bank, working across derivative pricing, lifecycle risk, structured products, multi-asset derivatives, and systematic strategies.

His academic background combines business and mathematics at Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo, followed by a master's degree in computational mathematics at Waterloo.

The work published here reflects that background: payoff mechanics, public filing evidence, model behavior, historical context, and the human decisions that sit around risk. The aim is to make the structure visible without turning a general example into a conclusion about someone's account.