Unit 8: Algorithmic & Quantitative Trading

Turn ideas into testable, rules-based strategies.

20 lessons, about 5 hours of reading.

Start with lesson 1
  1. 1.
    What Is Algorithmic Trading?
    Completed15 min
  2. 2.
    Anatomy of a Trading Strategy
    Completed15 min
  3. 3.
    Signals & Alpha
    Completed15 min
  4. 4.
    Mean Reversion Strategies
    Completed16 min
  5. 5.
    Momentum Strategies
    Completed16 min
  6. 6.
    Pairs Trading & Arbitrage
    Completed16 min
  7. 7.
    Backtesting Fundamentals
    Completed16 min
  8. 8.
    Avoiding Lookahead Bias
    Completed15 min
  9. 9.
    Transaction Costs & Slippage
    Completed16 min
  10. 10.
    Walk-Forward Testing
    Completed15 min
  11. 11.
    Overfitting & Robustness
    Completed15 min
  12. 12.
    Execution Algorithms
    Completed15 min
  13. 13.
    Market Microstructure
    Completed15 min
  14. 14.
    Order Books & Latency
    Completed15 min
  15. 15.
    Risk Controls in Code
    Completed15 min
  16. 16.
    Performance Metrics
    Completed16 min
  17. 17.
    Paper Trading
    Completed15 min
  18. 18.
    From Backtest to Live
    Completed16 min
  19. 19.
    Intro to Python for Quants
    Completed15 min
  20. 20.
    Capstone: Backtest a Simple Strategy
    Completed17 min