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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 FREE CHAPTER
2. Algorithmic Trading Fundamentals 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

Deciphering the Markets with Technical Analysis

In this chapter, we will go through some popular methods of technical analysis and show how to apply them while analyzing market data. We will perform basic algorithmic trading using market trends, support, and resistance.

You may be thinking of how we can come up with our own strategies? And are there any naive strategies that worked in the past that we can use by way of reference?

As you read in the first chapter of this book, mankind has been trading assets for centuries. Numerous strategies have been created to increase the profit or sometimes just to keep the same profit. In this zero-sum game, the competition is considerable. It necessitates a constant innovation in terms of trading models and also in terms of technology. In this race to get the biggest part of the pie first, it is important to know the basic foundation of...

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