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Algorithmic Trading and Stocks Essential Training

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LinkedIn Learning
Pricing

Free Trial Available
Languages

English
Certificate

Certificate Available
Duration & workload

1-2 hours
Sessions

On-Demand

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Learn how to develop and test a rules-based trading strategy and program a simple trading algorithm for buying and selling stocks.

Syllabus

Introduction

Welcome

1. The Basics of Securities Markets

Basics of stocks
Basics of stock markets
Basics of trading stocks
Algorthims and the financial industry
Algorithms in Excel
Data analytics and algorithms
Stocks and the Fed
Big data in finance
Predicting values with regressions

2. Investing and Securities

Stationarity and the VIX
Case study: ETF pairs trading with algorithms
Case study: Dual share class pairs trading
Common quantitative rules and strategies

3. Building Algorithms

Gather data for an algorithm
Design an algorithm
Test algorithm accuracy
Algorithm profitability and trading decisions
Economic data and stock correlations
Predict economic variables
Advanced algorithms

4. Using Trading Algorithms

Buy and sell with an algorithm
Expand the algorithm to other securities
Scenario analysis in investing

Conclusion

Next steps

Taught by

Michael McDonald

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