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DavidFinTech/README.md

Hi, I’m Facundo David Urquizo

I’m a junior at Baruch College, pursuing a BBA in Statistics and Quantitative Modeling, Data Science Track. I use statistics and programming to explore financial data, risk, and mathematical decision-making.

Seeking internship opportunities in data analytics, data science, and fintech.

Featured Projects

Evaluated six energy ETF pairs using 2021–2023 training data applying mean-reversion strategies through cointegration testing, OLS hedge-ratio estimation, and rolling Z-score signals. Backtested FENY–VDE using a fixed training-period hedge ratio on 2024–2025 historical data to ultimately calculate approximately 0.8% cumulative return before trading and borrowing costs.

Exploring fraud detection in a highly imbalanced transaction dataset using SMOTE and a Random Forest classifier. Increased precision from 88% to 92% while recall decreased from 83% to 82% at a 75% classification threshold, examining the tradeoff between precision and recall.

My progress through Angela Yu’s bootcamp, with exercises and projects covering control flow, functions, data structures, debugging, and introductory object-oriented programming.

Skills & Tools

Python R pandas NumPy scikit-learn Jupyter Git

  • Statistical analysis: regression, hypothesis testing, cointegration, statsmodels
  • Machine learning: classification, imbalanced data, precision–recall evaluation
  • Visualization & development: Matplotlib, Jupyter, PyCharm, Git and GitHub

What I’m Working On

Making my projects easier to read, strengthening model evaluation, and communicating results and limitations clearly. My next steps include evaluating trading costs and making each project smoother to run from a fresh environment.

Let’s Connect

Connect on LinkedIn

I’d welcome conversations about internships, research, and projects involving financial data or applied statistics.

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  1. High_Precision_Credit_Card_Fraud_Detection_Model High_Precision_Credit_Card_Fraud_Detection_Model Public

    End-to-end machine learning pipeline for detecting credit card fraud in highly imbalanced databases. Built with 'SMOTE' and 'Random Forest Classifier'; optimized via threshold tuning to achieve 92%…

    Jupyter Notebook

  2. Statistical_Arbitrage_Pairs_Trading_Engine Statistical_Arbitrage_Pairs_Trading_Engine Public

    An algorithmic trading engine built in Python that identifies and exploits mean-reverting relationships between cointegrated equity pairs. This project specifically analyzes the historical relation…

    Jupyter Notebook

  3. 100_days_of_code 100_days_of_code Public

    My Python learning journey through Angela Yu’s 100 Days of Code bootcamp, featuring daily exercises, games, and projects—from fundamentals to object-oriented programming.

    Python