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Trading Options: Iron Condor Trading Strategy In Python

The Iron Condor options trading strategy is a combination of the bull put spread options trading strategy and bear call spread options trading strategy. It is one of the simplest strategies that can be practised by traders even with a small account and can make the time decay work in your favour. It…...
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Long Strangle Option Strategy In Python

For all the Options lover here is a guide to Option’s long strangle strategy with an easy to follow example. You can also learn how to design a payoff chart for this strategy using Python Programming....
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Market Microstructure And Algorithmic Trading Workshop - Hong Kong

Rajib Ranjan Borah presented at the Market Microstructure & Algorithmic Trading Workshop where he talked about Different Components of Algorithmic Trading Systems...
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Using Moving Average Crossover To Trade Nifty Options

A step-by-step guide to help you learn how to use moving average crossover strategy to trade in Nifty Options. Explore back-testing of crossover signals using Python programming to get optimum results from your trading strategy....
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Portfolio Optimization Using Monte Carlo Simulation

Learn to optimize your portfolio in Python using Monte Carlo Simulation. This article explains how to assign random weights to your stocks and calculate annual returns along with standard deviation of your portfolio that will allow you to select a portfolio with maximum Sharpe ratio....
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How To Become An Independent Algorithmic Trader?

Raj TK, shares how he learnt Algo-Trading with EPAT even if he didn't come from a finance or programming background....
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2017 Year in Review - QuantInsti

The year 2017 has been spectacular for QuantInsti - not only as an organization but also for all the aspiring Quants that we got a chance to serve and help pave a path towards a brighter future. Here is a look back at some of our highlights and accomplishments from the year 2017....
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From A Commodity Analyst To An Algorithmic Trader

In conversation with Mr. Vippinraj who is an experienced commodity market trader having a work experience with some of the top firms in India. Learn how he ventured into the algorithmic trading domain post opting for QuantInsti’s Executive Programme for Algorithmic Trading....
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7 Things You Didn’t Know About Algorithmic Trading

There are a few beliefs, disbeliefs and rumours that stop people from making the best out of Algo Trading and it is about time, everyone realized it’s true potential. Thus, we bring you 7 things that we believe everyone should know about Algorithmic Trading....
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Japanese Candlestick Trading Strategy

Learn how to pull market data from Yahoo Finance and plot candlesticks chart in Python using libraries like Matplotlib and bokeh. The article also shows how to build a simple candlestick trading strategy using the chart....
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