Hao Zhang (Howard)

hospitality·finance·real estate·agentic research

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About

Education: Purdue · B.S. HTM, finance concentration · 2024
Operations: 5 yrs full-service hotels & restaurants · Marriott, Four Points, Kempinski, White Lodging
Credit: Residential loan origination · MLO, 5 states
Research: muFX, 2026 → · macro data platform · FX research · ML experiments
Languages: English · Mandarin
Contact: [email protected] · github · linkedin

2019Marriott Shanghai Hongqiao — guest services intern
2020Purdue — first-year engineering → HTM (finance)
2021Four Points by Sheraton — front desk & night audit
Thai Essence — front of house (2021–24 · 2026–)
2022White Lodging — guest attendant, rooms & banquets
2023Kempinski THE ONE Shanghai — internal sales
White Lodging — accounting coordinator
2024B.S. HTM (Finance), Purdue · Shanghai
2025Royal United Mortgage — loan advisor
Independent land acquisition — principal
2026muFX — independent research

Work · 2026

01api live

cipher

macro data platform · mar 2026 →

21 automated collectors
daily briefing generator
public API, unattended since March
status: —

terminal api

02record

Residue Lab

experimental record · may–aug 2026

1 pass1 negative2 retracted10 run

pre-registered criteria, fixed before data
emotion-vector-bench replication, public repo

summary results evb

03journal

floor36

research journal · mar–apr 2026

reading notes — neuro, music theory, ML
blakcat · Q-learning trading agents
1,080-probe search · deflated Sharpe

journal blakcat

04archived

EUR/USD 1.1502 ▲USD/JPY 159.72 ▼DXY 99.07GOLD 5,011 ▲US10Y 4.27FED 3.50–3.75NET EUR +10.0KNET JPY −29.1K EUR/USD 1.1502 ▲USD/JPY 159.72 ▼DXY 99.07GOLD 5,011 ▲US10Y 4.27FED 3.50–3.75NET EUR +10.0KNET JPY −29.1K

muFX

fx research desk · feb–mar 2026

daily signals · weekly reviews
Q2 2026 dollar outlook
252-day fair-value model

desk q2 weekly