The Counting House

DANIEL REEVES, 38, was the best quantitative analyst at a top hedge fund until his model predicted — and accidentally triggered — a flash crash that wiped out $9 billion in 11 minutes. Fired, blacklisted, and facing an SEC investigation, he retreats to a cramped apartment in Astoria with nothing but his laptop and the algorithm that ruined his life. But Daniel can't stop tinkering. He's on the razor thin edge of brilliance and crash out. Late one night, he feeds the model something new: not market data, but social media posts, geolocation pings, purchase histories. The output is nonsensical...