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Poster saying "Trading is like Gambling. The difference is... we are trying to be the casino."

What is Quantitative Trading and How Do I Learn It?

Table of contents What is the Quantitative Trading?When should we use Quantitative Trading? (Instead of Manual Trading)Why should we use ...
Poster saying: Look for opportunities in all the weird places, not just in regulated and developed markets.

52 Trading Rules in 3 Minutes

Trading rules On Strategy Mindset A good trader looks for opportunities in all the weird places, not just in regulated ...
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What is a Walk-Forward Optimization and How to Run It?

Backtesting a strategy gives you a good understanding of what happened in the past, but it does not tell the ...
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What is Overfitting in Trading?

Source What is overfitting in trading? Overfitting in trading is the process of designing a trading system that adapts so ...

Should I Hire an Algorithmic Trading Freelance Developer? (No, you shouldn’t)

Should I Hire an Algorithmic Trading Freelance Developer? No you shouldn't. It might cost a lot over the long term, ...
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Trading for a Living – How Much Money do You Need?

Photo by Mirza Babic on Unsplash How much money do you need for algorithmic trading? You need 20 times your ...

How to Measure Trading Risks?

How to measure trading risks? Risk should be measured based on the quality of the trading decision. A good quality ...

How to Raise Capital for my Trading and How Much Will I Make?

How to raise funds for my trading? Here are 3 ways: 1) Join a proprietary trading firm, 2) Raise from ...

What is a Good Track Record in Trading?

What is considered a good track record in trading? Making 25% per year annualized with low correlation to the market ...

How to run a Live Strategy after Walk Forward Optimisation?

How to Maintain Live Trading Strategy Live trading a continuation of walk forward optimisations Use above example. Say imagine we ...

Convertible Arbitrage – What it is and does it Still Work?

Performance index of convertible arbitrage hedge funds by Barclays. Source What is Convertible Arbitrage? It is a trading strategy that ...
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Jupyter Notebook Shortcuts

Notebooks are tools that allow us to use markdown along with our code, to improve readability and really add to ...