Hands-On Financial Trading with Python

A practical guide to using Zipline and other Python libraries for backtesting trading strategies



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Price$44.99 - $58.96
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AuthorsJiri Pik, Sourav Ghosh
PublisherPackt Publishing
Published2021
Pages360
LanguageEnglish
FormatPaper book / ebook (PDF)
ISBN-101838982884
ISBN-139781838982881
EBook Hardcover Paperback

Algorithmic trading helps you stay ahead of the markets by devising strategies in quantitative analysis to gain profits and cut losses.

The book starts by introducing you to algorithmic trading and explaining why Python is the best platform for developing trading strategies. You'll then cover quantitative analysis using Python, and learn how to build algorithmic trading strategies with Zipline using various market data sources. Using Zipline as the backtesting library allows access to complimentary US historical daily market data until 2018. As you advance, you will gain an in-depth understanding of Python libraries such as NumPy and pandas for analyzing financial datasets, and explore Matplotlib, statsmodels, and scikit-learn libraries for advanced analytics. You'll also focus on time series forecasting, covering pmdarima and Facebook Prophet.

By the end of this trading book, you will be able to build predictive trading signals, adopt basic and advanced algorithmic trading strategies, and perform portfolio optimization.


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