Hands-On Algorithmic Trading with Python

MP4 | Video: AVC 1920×1080 30 fps | Audio: AAC 44.1 KHz 2ch | Duration: 26m
Genre: eLearning | Language: English | Size: 1.7 GB

Artificial intelligence in general and specifically machine learning are becoming increasingly important tools for many industries and enterprises. But one business sector in particular has long since adopted and benefitted from these powerful computing paradigms: investment services. In fact, over the past decade, few other industries and sectors have experienced the frenetic pace of automation as that of the investment management industry, the direct result of algorithmic trading and machine learning technologies. Industry experts estimate that today as much as 70% of the daily trading volume in the United States equity markets is executed algorithmically—by computer programs following a set of predefined rules that span the entire trading process, from idea generation to execution and portfolio management. But although all algorithmic trading is executed by computers, the rules for generating trades are either designed by humans or discovered by machine learning algorithms from training data. Not surprisingly, the ability to create these algorithms, particularly using Python, is in high demand.

In this video course, designed for those with a basic level of experience and expertise in trading, investing, and writing code in Python, you learn about the process and technological tools for developing algorithmic trading strategies. You’ll examine the pros and cons of algorithmic trading as well as the first steps you’ll need to take to “level the playing field” for retail equity investors. You’ll explore some of the models that you can apply to formulate trading and investment strategies. You’ll also learn about the Pandas library to import, analyze, and visualize data from market, fundamental, and alternative, no-cost sources that are available online. You’ll even see how to prepare for competitions that can fund your algorithmic trading strategies. (Note that live trading is beyond the scope of the course.)