Automated Trading

Learn to automate your trades using different tools and platforms: Python, R, Interactive Brokers, Alpaca, Zerodha, Blueshift and many others.

Sep 12, 2019

11 min read

Algorithmic Trading Stages Explained Simply

Are you new to Algo trading? Confused about how to start, where to start? If you want to develop your first Algo, what are the stages you have to go through, there is limited information on this. I will try to explain this by taking a real trading strategy....

Jul 31, 2019

7 min read

Efficient Automated Trading System Overrides: A Hands-off Approach

A more justified, responsible, and efficient hands-off approach of overriding an Algorithmic Trading System, this article can be considered like tweaking or halting an algorithmic trading system prior to an earnings announcement....

May 23, 2017

4 min read

Python Trading Strategy In Quantiacs Platform

This article covers the popular Quantiacs platform and the Python toolbox using which you can create, backtest and implement algorithmic trading strategies....

Apr 20, 2017

2 min read

Mixture Models for Forecasting Asset Returns

This article gives a preview of the upcoming webinar on Mixture Models for forecasting Asset Returns, to be hosted by QuantInsti® and conducted by Brian Christopher....

Apr 11, 2017

5 min read

Algorithmic Trading Vs Discretionary Trading

This post differentiate the concepts of two types of important trading strategies in stock market: Algorithmic Trading Vs Discretionary Trading...

Feb 28, 2017

5 min read

Interactive Brokers With R: Ibrokers Trading API

Learn IBrokers R package to automate your trading with Interactive Brokers. The article contains examples of important functions from the IBrokers package....

Jan 05, 2017

7 min read

Performance Metrics, Risk Metrics, And Strategy Optimization - An Overview

In this post, we focus on performance metrics, risk metrics and the concept of strategy optimization which is an important component in backtesting....

Dec 29, 2016

4 min read

Market Impact Cost

In this post we defined market impact cost, factors driving it, and learned why the cost assume significance for portfolio managers....

Oct 24, 2016

48 min read

Connecting FXCM Over FIX – A Detailed Tutorial

In this article, we are going to take a step further and talk about some operations involved in connecting FXCM over fix....