Hi, I’m JD Hudgens.
I’m the founder of NextGen Trading, where I help funds, fintech teams, and technical founders unlock clarity, speed, and control in their signal workflows.
For over 15 years, I’ve built strategy systems for high-stakes environments — including the real-time charting infrastructure inside Bloomberg’s Terminal. From custom alerts to alpha overlays, I’ve engineered platforms that turn complexity into decisive action.
What I’ve Built
Before founding NextGen, I rebuilt Bloomberg’s real-time charting infrastructure — including the middleware behind backtesting, custom indicators, and strategy overlays used across the Terminal.
Need a system that tells you when your strategy is breaking into alpha — or slipping out of it? That’s not a time block. That’s a solved problem.
When clients work with me, they’re not buying hours. They’re buying results — delivered through the same architecture discipline that scaled Bloomberg’s signal stack.
My roots run deeper than finance. Early in my career, I single-handedly built a geospatial infrastructure platform — over a million lines of code — optimized to render 100,000+ live objects while users panned across dynamic maps.
No team. No sysadmin. No fallback. Just a performance mandate and a mountain of complexity.
That experience forged my approach: tight code, lean architecture, and zero excuses. I’ve scaled that mindset into every signal, charting, and execution tool I’ve delivered — helping funds and founders unlock clarity at speed.
Why I Started This
This isn’t just a consultancy. It’s a tactical edge for people who move fast and can’t afford bloat.
I built NextGen to bring Bloomberg-grade thinking into teams that outpace legacy tech — and need infrastructure that keeps up.
If you’re a fund, fintech, or founder pushing signals to the right screen at the right time — let’s talk.