Our Story
Founded in 2025, A1X Trading Ltd. was built to solve complex problems and seize opportunities from the growing adoption of digital assets.
From the outset, we combined a market-specific approach with institutional discipline. This is driven by unconventional thinking, rigorous analysis and the belief in autonomous, high-calibre teams that outperform.
Our firm deploys internal capital across a range of strategies, including volatility arbitrage, momentum, event-driven, and full-surface quoting, driven by quantitative research and risk management.
We focus on precision in execution, leveraging proprietary models and low-latency infrastructure. Our collaborative culture enables rapid experimentation, rigorous testing, and the continuous improvement of tools and strategies.
Our Team
Oscar Townsley
Founder & CEO
Oscar founded A1X as a principal trading firm following over a decade of successful bitcoin futures trading. He began trading in 2012 whilst completing his degree in International Relations at the University of Leeds, later writing his postgraduate thesis; “Blockchains, Bitcoin, and Decentralised Ledgers: Disruptive Innovation and the UK Payments Industry”. He has in-depth knowledge across market cycles and many years of experience in research, testing and development of concepts and strategies for futures and volatility products across multiple exchanges.
Outside of work Oscar enjoys creating music, travel and martial arts.
Joshua Renton
Chief Technology Officer
With a BSc in Psychology, Joshua draws on over a decade of experience across the software development life-cycle to lead A1X’s technical strategy and infrastructure. Prior to A1X, Joshua worked for Foundry developing creative software for the Media and Entertainment industry.
Outside work interests include music, philosophy and film.
Greta Obuchavičiūtė
Head of Research & Operations
Greta holds a BSc in Statistics and an MSc in Financial and Actuarial Mathematics from Vilnius University. Prior to joining A1X she held key roles in implementing several large-scale technology transformation programmes at Barclays, Danske Bank, and the National Bank of Kuwait.
Outside of work Greta is a keen animal lover, particularly horses.
Albert Ko
Senior Quantitative Researcher
Albert leads A1X’s research into volatility, pricing, and predictive modelling following over a decade of experience in designing and deploying high-performance trading and risk models. Before joining A1X, he held senior roles at leading banks and hedge funds, where he developed systems for derivatives pricing, portfolio optimization and stress testing.
Albert studied Artificial Intelligence, Financial Engineering, and Economics in Toronto, Paris, and London, and also conducted research at the C&O Vogt Brain Research Institute in Germany. He has published as first author in tier-one journals, including IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Pattern Recognition (Elsevier) and Expert Systems with Applications (Elsevier).
A natural linguist, Albert speaks seven languages.
Where the Unconventional Excel
We are always looking for exceptional people to join our team
At A1X, each team member is selected for their intelligence, domain knowledge and drive, but our greatest achievements come when we collaborate. Together, we foster a unique, innovative and research-driven environment that rewards performance and drives growth for our firm.
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