What we do
Shamrock Capital is a private capital firm. We conduct proprietary research, trade liquid global markets systematically, manage risk as a discipline of its own, and deliver on the capital and entities that result. Every activity is data-driven and quantitatively backed.
Proprietary, quantified, unpublished
We develop and test our own models, tools, and hypotheses against proprietary data. Frameworks rest on a disciplined read of market behavior, and are quantified, backtested, and scored on expectancy and risk-adjusted return before they earn capital.
Research is conducted in-house and is not published. Its only customer is the firm's own market activity, and its only measure is whether the record improves.
- Framework development and hypothesis testing
- Backtesting against the firm's own trade corpus
- Macro, earnings, and sentiment analysis to inform directional bias
- Systematic review of killed strategies and post-mortems
Systematic and consistent
We participate in liquid global index and currency markets through rules-based strategies with predefined risk. Consistency is the product: the same process, applied the same way, session after session.
Execution combines discretionary judgment where it adds value with automation wherever it removes hesitation and inconsistency. Every trade is journaled with its context and rationale.
- Discretionary and systematic strategies in global index and FX markets
- Technical execution using various strategies
- Automated routing for signal-driven entries and exits
- Complete, quantitatively analyzed trade records
Decided before, not after
Risk management is not a department that reviews analysis after the fact; it is the first step of every decision. Position size is a function of stop distance and a fixed fraction of capital, and the cost of being wrong is known before any commitment is made.
The firm's capital preservation protocols have been applied without exception since 2019. Scalable growth is treated as the consequence of surviving, never as a substitute for it.
- Fixed fractional risk per position, sized from the invalidation point
- Daily and periodic loss limits enforced mechanically
- Exposure reviewed against the record, not against conviction
- Capital moved out of active accounts on a set cadence
Structure, governance, reporting
We structure, oversee, and grow a portfolio of capital, entities, and operating interests. The structure is designed for durability, separation, and clarity of ownership; governance is deliberate; reporting is exact and data-driven.
The long horizon governs every decision here. Nothing in the firm's holdings depends on any single period in the market going well.
- Entity and holding structure design and oversight
- Capital allocation between active capital and long-term holdings
- Operating interests in market analytics and personal-finance software
- Data-driven reporting across the firm
Built in-house, on purpose
We write our own tools wherever a tool touches a decision. Understanding the assumptions inside a system is half of trusting it, and owning the code means the firm never has to guess.
- Custom indicators and analytical tools that visualize market behavior
- Backtesting and scoring frameworks run against proprietary data
- Automated execution infrastructure
- A structured research library holding theses, post-mortems, and working rules
How the firm thinks
The principles behind these activities, and the loop that connects them.