If you are a financial analyst, financial trader, data analyst, algorithmic trader, trading enthusiast or anyone who wants to learn algorithmic trading with Python and important techniques to address the challenges faced in the realm of finance, this book is for you. A basic working knowledge of the Python programming language is expected. Although some fundamental knowledge of trade-related terminology will be helpful, it is not mandatory.
Python Algorithmic Trading Cookbook
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Python Algorithmic Trading Cookbook
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Overview of this book
If you want to find out how you can build a solid foundation in algorithmic trading using Python, this cookbook is here to help.
Starting by setting up the Python environment for trading and connectivity with brokers, you’ll then learn the important aspects of financial markets. As you progress, you’ll learn to fetch financial instruments, query and calculate various types of candles and historical data, and finally, compute and plot technical indicators. Next, you’ll learn how to place various types of orders, such as regular, bracket, and cover orders, and understand their state transitions. Later chapters will cover backtesting, paper trading, and finally real trading for the algorithmic strategies that you've created. You’ll even understand how to automate trading and find the right strategy for making effective decisions that would otherwise be impossible for human traders.
By the end of this book, you’ll be able to use Python libraries to conduct key tasks in the algorithmic trading ecosystem.
Note: For demonstration, we're using Zerodha, an Indian Stock Market broker. If you're not an Indian resident, you won't be able to use Zerodha and therefore will not be able to test the examples directly. However, you can take inspiration from the book and apply the concepts across your preferred stock market broker of choice.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Preface
Handling and Manipulating Date, Time, and Time Series Data
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Stock Markets - Primer on Trading
Fetching Financial Data
Computing Candlesticks and Historical Data
Computing and Plotting Technical Indicators
Placing Regular Orders on the Exchange
Placing Bracket and Cover Orders on the Exchange
Algorithmic Trading Strategies - Coding Step by Step
Algorithmic Trading - Backtesting
Algorithmic Trading - Paper Trading
Algorithmic Trading - Real Trading
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Appendix I
Appendix II
Appendix III
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