MEGA Quant Delta Neutral Trading Platform

2.1 General Proposals
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Hi,

This is Kenneth, i built MEGA QUANT (https://ethglobal.com/showcase/mega-quant-6bvz2) at the EthGlobal Buenos Aires Hackathon and I’d like to take the project further.

MEGA QUANT is a desktop trading application that replicates Native High Frequency Trading Programatic Feel for Quant Traders.

I’d like the community to take a look at the video and suggest any improvements.

I would also greatly appreciate if I could apply for any grants to continue my work.

It will also help me alot if you guys tweet the project on X and tag me @kernelkennethg .

Thank you
Sincerely
Kenneth

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Hey Kenneth! Thank you for opening up this discussion. A couple questions:

  • Did you have an idea in mind about how much of a grant you were looking for?
  • Is there a monetization plan for this project? I ask for a couple reasons: the DAO is interested in developing a revenue source and the API calls that you’d need from 1inch are not free (they require a monthly fixed plan or rev share).
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Hey @RoundElephant — I took some time to think about your questions. Thank you for the quick response and sharp questions. Below are my answers:

Grant Amount

I am requesting $55–75k USDC (ideal: $65k) to work full-time for 5–6 months with one additional developer.

This budget covers:

  • Full integration of Limit Orders, Fusion, Fusion+, and Aqua. Historical APIs.

  • A complete UI/UX rebuild to reach “terminal-grade” usability for active traders.

  • Time to test the integration with real users and iterate based on feedback.

We are planning to focus heavily on organic adoption among quant traders and institutions. Upcoming Ethereum conferences would be used primarily for direct user research, demos, and feedback with relevant financial teams.

Monetization & 1inch API Usage

Current state:

  • The app already supports user-provided 1inch API keys, which is sufficient for testing and small retail usage.

Planned next phase:

  • Provide native, seamless support for all relevant 1inch APIs, so users can enable functionality without manually handling their own keys or endpoints.

  • The long-term intention is that 1inch remains the core routing layer for all strategies by default, unless a user explicitly overrides it.

Strategic Impact for 1inch

The goal is for Mega Quant to become a practical on-ramp to on-chain quant trading for:

  • Beginners and indie quants experimenting with systematic strategies.

  • Smaller funds and desks that want to prototype or run lightweight crypto strategies without building their own infrastructure.

In this context:

  • 1inch is the default routing and liquidity layer for execution.

  • More users learn and adopt 1inch tools (Limit Orders, Fusion, Aqua) in a hands-on, strategy-driven environment.

  • This should generate incremental and stickier volume for 1inch from a segment (programmatic users / quants) that is currently under-served.

Revenue Model

Short term (grant period + immediate post-launch)

  • The app remains 100% free and open-source.

  • Costs are covered by the grant and small community donations (if any).

Mid/long term

  • Optional enterprise / hosted tier, for example:

    • Managed keys and infrastructure.

    • Higher limits and reliability guarantees for heavier users.

    • Possible co-location with preferred venues and infra providers.

This should be more than sufficient to support any future commercial API, rev-share, or enterprise arrangement with 1inch, if desired.

Go-To-Market Strategy

We are taking an organic, community-first approach with a focus on real users and measurable usage rather than paid promotion.

Phase 1 — Completion & Polish (next 5–6 months)

  • Ship full support for Limit Orders, Fusion, Fusion+, Aqua.

  • Rebuild the UI/UX to be suitable for frequent use by traders (keyboard-driven, clear risk/position views, etc.).

  • Add basic analytics dashboards (PnL, volume, routing stats, etc.).

Phase 2 — Organic Adoption (post-launch)

Tactics include:

  • Sharing recorded strategy demos and live PnL results in relevant communities (e.g., r/algotrading, r/quant, r/1inch, and similar trading/quant forums).

  • Posting in relevant Discord/Slack/Telegram communities focused on trading and quantitative finance.

  • Publishing open-source strategies and backtest notebooks on GitHub with 1inch routing integrated by default.

  • Occasional live coding / “build in public” sessions on X/Twitch/YouTube.

  • Participating in Ethereum and quant events to speak directly with potential users.

Target (first 6 months post-launch)

  • 500–2,000 active users running small but real portfolios via the app, primarily routed through 1inch.

  • Use this cohort to collect structured feedback and iterate.

Alignment with 1inch

  • The success of the project is directly linked to sustained usage of 1inch as the execution layer.

  • As more quants onboard and strategies mature, the expectation is:

    • Higher-quality order flow routed through 1inch.

    • Better visibility for 1inch among quantitative and systematic traders.

  • This creates a long-term alignment: when Mega Quant grows, 1inch benefits from increased and more sophisticated volume, on the ground insights and feedbacks of the 1inch API from Quant Traders.

Milestones (example structure, flexible)

These can be adjusted to the DAO’s preferred format, but an example version:

  • Milestone 1

    • Integrate Limit Orders and Fusion. + History API.

    • Ship initial UI cleanup and basic strategy templates.

  • Milestone 2

    • Integrate Fusion+ and Aqua.

    • Complete full design overhaul (terminal-grade interface).

    • Add analytics dashboard (volume via 1inch, PnL, strategy stats).

Happy to adjust the milestones, amounts, or timelines to better fit 1inch’s grant framework, and happy to join a short call with you or the grants team to refine this.

Kenneth (@kernelkennethg)

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