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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

Creating Seaborn Heatmap Using Python

Learn how to create a Seaborn heatmap in Python for data visualization. This guide covers seaborn heatmap creation, applications in finance, and step-by-step Python code....
10 min read

The Journey of Iris from a PhD in Maths to becoming a Quant

Iris Jiang, a risk quant with more than ten years of expertise and a PhD in Mathematical Statistics and Probability, takes a beginner's approach to algorithmic trading. All the way from Singapore, Iris shares her journey to algo trading....
3 min read

Market Inefficiency: What it is, Types, Examples, Trading, and More

Market inefficiency - is it something that a trader should explore? How does one trade in an inefficient market and how does it help a trader? This blog explains....
13 min read

Backtrader: What it is, How to Install, Strategies, Trading and More

Backtrader is a Python library enabling users to backtest and deploy live trading strategies. Learn what Backtrader is, how to use it and all there is to it....
7 min read

Covariance and Correlation: Intro, Formula, Calculation, and More

Covariance and Correlation - what are they? Learn the various concepts, industry applications and Python computations in this tutorial....
24 min read

How to Trade in Time of Crisis: Types, Plan and Strategies

How can one trade during a crisis? While the crisis/volatility is not a good indicator for traders or investors, there are examples in the past when volatile market conditions proved to be fruitful in the long run. Learn about this and more in this blog....
8 min read

Institutional Trading: Intro, Examples, Types, Strategies and More

Institutional trading is a unique and exotic world of its own. What makes institutional traders so different from retail traders and how to become one? Find it all in this blog!...
11 min read