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Learn Algorithmic Trading

You're reading from   Learn Algorithmic Trading Build and deploy algorithmic trading systems and strategies using Python and advanced data analysis

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789348347
Length 394 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Authors (2):
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Sebastien Donadio Sebastien Donadio
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Sebastien Donadio
Sourav Ghosh Sourav Ghosh
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Sourav Ghosh
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Introduction and Environment Setup
2. Algorithmic Trading Fundamentals FREE CHAPTER 3. Section 2: Trading Signal Generation and Strategies
4. Deciphering the Markets with Technical Analysis 5. Predicting the Markets with Basic Machine Learning 6. Section 3: Algorithmic Trading Strategies
7. Classical Trading Strategies Driven by Human Intuition 8. Sophisticated Algorithmic Strategies 9. Managing the Risk of Algorithmic Strategies 10. Section 4: Building a Trading System
11. Building a Trading System in Python 12. Connecting to Trading Exchanges 13. Creating a Backtester in Python 14. Section 5: Challenges in Algorithmic Trading
15. Adapting to Market Participants and Conditions 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Differentiating the measures of risk

Let's explore different measures of risk. We will use the trading performance from the volatility adjusted mean reversion strategy we saw in Chapter 5, Sophisticated Algorithmic Strategies, as an example of a trading strategy in which we wish to understand the risks behind and quantify and calibrate them.

In Chapter 5, Sophisticated Algorithmic Trading Strategies, we built the Mean Reversion, Volatility Adjusted Mean Reversion, Trend Following, and Volatility Adjusted Trend Following strategies. During the analysis of their performance, we wrote the results into the corresponding CSV files. These can also be found in this book's GitHub repository, https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Learn-Algorithmic-Trading---Fundamentals-of-Algorithmic-Trading, or by running the volatility adjusted mean reversion strategy (volatility_mean_reversion...

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