Exploring Quantum Finance
By Thomas Winston
Quantum Computing is unquestionably the future. There are 2 general architectures behind any quantum computer, quantum annealing or a gate based approach. Quantum annealing is a way to solve an incredible spectrum of optimization problems. Even better, there is only 1 company actually generating a profit using quantum computing, and that is DWAVE, a quantum annealing company. My project specifically focuses on using quantum annealing to solve the large scale optimization problem that is the stock market, through a mathematical framework called Modern Portfolio Theory, which breaks down portfolio optimization into a basic weight of risk vs reward.