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Python for Algorithmic Trading Cookbook - Second Edition
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Python for Algorithmic Trading Cookbook - Second Edition

by Jason Strimpel
July 2026
Intermediate to advanced
536 pages
10h 39m
English
Packt Publishing
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Build Alpha Factors for Stock Portfolios

Professional traders often construct factor portfolios to target and exploit market inefficiencies, such as anomalies in value, size, or momentum, to generate better risk-adjusted returns. Firms like WorldQuant, AQR, and Dimensional Fund Advisors have built multi-billion dollar businesses on this approach, with AQR managing over $100 billion in factor-driven strategies spanning value, momentum, and quality, and WorldQuant running tens of thousands of systematic alphas across global markets. These aren't academic curiosities; they're the mechanical drivers behind some of the most successful systematic funds in the world. By systematically identifying and weighing securities based on these specific characteristics ...

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ISBN: 9781806662036