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Fund Management & Algorithmic Trading | How Muhammad made both possible

How can someone from Fund Management learn Algo Trading? EPATian Muhammad's incredible story from Pakistan about Engineering to Finance, ACCA, CFA, FDP & more is a must-read!...
7 min read

Building Technical Indicators in Python

Technical indicators in Python have become the core concept for every algorithmic trader. Learn to create the best technical indicators popularly used by technical analysts to study the price movement....
10 min read

Pandas OHLC: Convert tick by tick data to OHLC data

Convert Tick Data to OHLC Python - Learn to use the resample function from the pandas library in Python to convert tick by tick data into the OHLC format....
4 min read

Computer Science to Quantitative Finance: Tushar's Algo Trading journey

Tushar, US, has established himself in Quantitative Finance having an Engineering degree, through the placement cell of EPAT. How did he do it? He shares....
3 min read

Performance Metrics, Risk Metrics and Strategy Optimisation: An Overview

Performance metrics, risk metrics and the concept of strategy optimisation - these are the vital components of portfolio risk management. This detailed guide explains it all!...
12 min read

yfinance library: Download Forex Price Data using Python

How do you use the yfinance library to get forex price data for daily or minute frequency? And that too historical? It is easy, simple, and possible with a few lines of code using yfinance, python, and with the guidance from this article!...
5 min read

Electronics Engineer to Quantitative Research Analyst | Pratik's journey in Algo Trading

A full-time Quantitative Research Analyst from Mumbai attained success by turning his passion for trading into a career. This is his journey into algorithmic trading....
5 min read

Arbitrage Strategies: Understanding Working of Statistical Arbitrage

Statistical arbitrage strategies are pretty helpful when it comes to investing in a diverse portfolio with a lot of securities. With this blog, explore different tangents of stat arb such as the meaning, working, types and pros and cons!...
9 min read

Trading API: What it is, Types, Uses, API for Trading, and More!

Trading markets with API can help in a lot of ways. But, the real question is how to use the APIs for trading and which are the trending APIs to begin your trading journey with? In this blog, you will find out the answers to these questions and more!...
8 min read

Quantum Mechanics, Finance and now Algo Trading | Gustavo's story

51-year-old Gustavo Corrêa describes his extraordinary path into algorithmic trading, from his beginnings in Brazil to his current life as an Algo trader in South Africa....
6 min read