From the flagship trading competition to weekly speaker evenings — here’s what’s on, and what’s next.
September – December
January – March
April – June
Every division — equities, commodities, rates and macro — puts up a team. Each pitches a single instrument and then defends it under questioning from judges drawn from industry.
The 2025–26 edition was won by the US 10-year yield and Diageo teams, from a field spanning Brent crude, copper, Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and European defence.
A live portfolio-management simulation. Members manage $20m of capital through a compressed year of market moves, news and research, and are ranked on what they do with it. Our first event sold out; a second followed by demand.
A for-and-against debate on a live macro question, argued in front of the room. The 2025–26 motion asked whether Argentina should adopt a free-floating exchange rate — the “for” side took it.
Hands-on give-it-a-go sessions on the Terminal. The fastest way to go from never having touched market data to pulling a curve yourself.
Traders, investors, founders and Bristol alumni a few years ahead of our members. Filter by where they sit in the market.
Head of Macro Trading, AME — Standard Chartered
An evening on how the trading industry actually works, and the advice he’d give anyone trying to enter it. The discussion ran well past the scheduled finish.
Hedge fund manager; ex-Director, Credit Suisse
Ran an interactive trading and options masterclass with our members, built around live trading games rather than slides.
Chief Executive, SIGMA Financial
Spoke to a full theatre on trading and on integrating sophisticated AI tooling into the space, as part of an ongoing partnership with SIGMA.
Pratik Popat
Founder of BTS · Venture and growth investor, Simplyhealth; previously Barclays
Shahryar Naghshbandi
Head of Macro Trading, AME — Standard Chartered
Andrew Simpson
Chief Executive, SIGMA Financial
Nick Votier, CFA
Vice President, Ares Wealth Management Solutions; nine years at HSBC
Eren Erman
Global Head of Compliance Technology, TP ICAP
Rich McDonald
Hedge fund manager; ex-Director, Credit Suisse
Sally Tam
Investment Executive, LDC · on her route into private equity
Viktoria Leins
Data Science IB Analyst, Citi · on breaking into investment banking
Simon Warren
Retired Head of Global Investments; former Director, Society of Technical Analysts
Matt Cheung
CEO and Founder, Work in Fintech
Chloe Hollobon
Analyst, Work in Fintech
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DRW Social DRW
An invite-only evening with DRW for our analysts and division heads.
Energy Trading Week Partner event
Our commodities partner invites BTS members to their annual industry event, putting members in the room with practising energy traders.
LSE Alternative Investments Conference External
BTS representing Bristol among the UK’s alternative investment societies.
An evening with Standard Chartered Standard Chartered
Our members after Shahryar’s session on the trading industry.
A full theatre for SIGMA SIGMA Financial
Andrew Simpson on trading and AI tooling, part of an ongoing partnership.
Annual Welcome Event Every September
Where the year starts — introducing the society, the divisions and the analyst programme to new members.
Member Workshops Termly
Practical sessions run by BTS, building the groundwork the divisions then apply to live markets.
Members get first access to everything we run — and the analyst programme is where the pitching starts.