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Google "algorithmic trading" and get 88,300,000 results.

Google "python tutorial" and get 717,000,000 results.

Utterly exhausting.

Impossible to navigate.

So I took 805,300,000 search results, added in 22+ years of experience, and had a baby.

This is what I named it: Image
Getting Started With Python for Quant Finance.

Get up and running with Python fast:

• Copy-paste code to apply immediately
• Help to debug code and ask questions
• Practical experience you can use now
• Get the Python Quant Stack installed

Here's what's packed inside:
On top of $4,500 in BONUSES, you'll:

• Install the Python quant stack
• Get the Python basics right
• Assess trading strategies
• Compete in algo trading
• Backtest strategies
• Automate trades
• Engineer alpha

And here are some of the Notebooks:
The details of the live sessions, notebooks, and schedule are here:

bit.ly/GSWPFQF
Backtest a trading strategy

When you're ready, use a backtesting framework to analyze the risk and performance metrics of your strategy.

This Notebook shows you how to backtest a strategy. Image
Price options with the Edgeworth model

Pricing models assume stock returns are normally distributed. They're not. The Edgeworth model introduces skew and kurtosis.

This Notebook shows you how to price an option with the Edgeworth model. Image
Use GARCH to forecast volatility

Quants use volatility forecasting to find market mispricings. Most volatility forecasts start with GARCH.

This Notebook shows you how you find market mispricings. Image
Python basics tutorial and walkthrough

If you're just getting started with Python, you need a good walkthrough of the basics.

This Notebook shows you how to get started with Python. Image
pandas tutorial and walkthrough

Working with data starts with pandas. It's the standard tool for data manipulation in Python. It was started by a hedge fund.

This Notebook walks through the most important parts of pandas. Image
SciPy tutorial and walkthrough

The statistical functions like probability distributions that underpin quant finance are in SciPy.

This Notebook shows you what you need to use SciPy for quant finance. Image
yfinance tutorial and walkthrough

To build trading algorithims, you need stock and options data. yfinance is your gateway to free market data.

This Notebook walks you through the basics of using yfinance. Image
Theta Data tutorial and walkthrough

Historic and real time options data is expensive and hard to find. Theta Data gives you an API to access historic and real time options data.

This Notebook shows you how to use the API. Image
Riskfolio-Lib tutorial and walkthrough

Teams of Ph.D.s spent decades refining the portfolio optimization. Riskfolio-Lib wraps up dozens of portfolio and risk optimizations in one library.

This Notebook walks you through an example of how to use it. Image
QuantStats tutorial and walkthrough

Don't rebuild the statistical functions you need for risk and performance reporting. QuantStats gives you a library of common risk and performance metrics ready to use.

This Notebook outlines common use cases. Image
Connect to Interactive Brokers with Python

The first step in automatic execution is connecting to your broker.

This Notebook gives you the code to make the connection. Image
Risk management with value at risk

Hedge funds and trading firms value at risk to capture probability of losing money. You can use it too.

This Notebook shows you how to build your own value at risk measure. Image
Risk management with drawdown analysis

Drawdown is an important factor to consider when analyzing trading strategies. It's used to help undertand risk of going broke.

This Notebook calculates drawdown for a stock or portfolio. Image
Simulate stock prices with Geometric Brownian Motion

The foundation of all derivative pricing is asset price simulation. One of the most common methods is Geometric Brownian Motion.

This Notebook shows you how to simulate stock prices. Image
Simple order execution on Interactive Brokers with Python

Once you connect, you need to test simple trade execution.

This Notebook shows you how to send simple buy orders to Interactive Brokers. Image
Advanced algo trading on Interactive Brokers with Python

Once you get the connection set and a trade done, add complexity to your trading algorithms.

This Notebook demonstrates an advanced trading strategy executing on Interactive Brokers. Image
Store real time market data from Interactive Brokers with Python

All quants need data. The free sources are ok, but if you need something more complex, save it from Interactive Brokers.

This Notebook shows you how to save market data directly from the market. Image
Enrollment is open!

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