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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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Sebastien Donadio Sebastien Donadio
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Sebastien Donadio
Sourav Ghosh 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

Creating a trading strategy based on momentum and trend following

Momentum strategy uses the trend to predict the future of a price. For instance, if the price of an asset has increased for the last 20 days, it is likely that this price will continue rising. The moving average strategy is one example of momentum strategy.

Momentum strategies assume that the future will follow the past by following an upward or a downward trend (divergence or trend trading). Momentum investment has been used for decades: buying low, selling high, buying high, and selling higher, selling the losers and letting the winners ride; all these techniques are the origin of momentum trading. Momentum investing adopts short-term positions in relation to financial products going up and sells them when they go down. When we use a momentum strategy, we try to be ahead of the market; we trade...

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