Two Jump Trading stars are leaving the quant giant, exiting one of its most profitable units

Chicago-based Jump Trading. Jump Trading Star quants Yiming Zhang and Darko Kirovski are leaving systematic trading powerhouse Jump Trading. The influential researchers worked in the HFT's vaunted Jump Core Strategies group. Jump Trading had a record quarter in the first quarter of 2026, amid market turbulence. Two top researchers at Jump Trading Group are leaving the quantitative trading firm. Yiming Zhang and Darko Kirovski, who joined the proprietary trading firm in 2009 and 2011, respec...