Super Bowl Cipher: Can You Crack the Code?

Can you decode our Super Bowl message? The questions provide hints that can help you crack the code. Unless otherwise specified, questions assume current NFL rules, that all games are completed as scheduled, and that all coins are fair. Q: If the Eagles get the ball to start overtime in...
Meet SIG’s 1st Place NACCL Chess Team

Meet Susquehanna’s 1st Place NACCL Chess Team

Over the past six weeks, Susquehanna’s chess team has been competing in the North American Corporate Chess League’s first online tournament. This online league brought together teams from 43 companies across North America and allowed for chess players of all skill levels to engage in some friendly competition, as they...

How Susquehanna Strikes a Balance in Teaching, Trading, and Taking Risk: Highlights of Todd Simkin’s Appearance on Capital Allocators 

Todd Simkin recently spoke with Ted Seides of the Capital Allocators podcast. It was a wide-ranging conversation that touched on his career history, Susquehanna’s approach towards educating traders, and the risks involved when entering a new business. Check out the full interview here, and keep reading for a few of our favorite...

Susquehanna’s Night at the Ballpark Sweepstakes Challenge

Wednesday morning, June 26, 2019 At Susquehanna’s Philadelphia office, we celebrate the summer each year with our “Night at the Ballpark” perfect for enjoying each other’s company and cheering on the Philadelphia Phillies. This year, the Phillies will be hosting the New York Mets at Citizens Bank Park. To make...
Intro to Sports Analytics at SIG

Intro to Sports Analytics at Susquehanna

We’re always looking for new opportunities here at Susquehanna. The list of products that we trade continues to grow all the time: equities, index futures and ETFs, bonds, commodities, currencies (crypto or otherwise), options on all of those, sports…. wait, sports!?  Yes, sports! Susquehanna has been building a team of...

What are they Thinking?

Recently in Susquehanna’s training class, there was a hand of 7 Card Stud/8-or-Better that had an interesting play worth discussing. This is a high/low game, where the best 5-card poker hand out of 7 cards wins half the pot, and the best low hand (that has no card higher than...
Poker Tournament Tips for New Players

Poker Tournament Tips for New Players

In anticipation of Susquehanna’s annual firm-wide No Limit Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament, we asked some of our experienced poker players what advice they would give to new players. Here are their answers: Blinds Don’t underestimate the importance of picking up the blinds. When it is folded to you in late...