Python for Finance Cookbook

To get the most out of this book

For this book, we assume that you have the following:

• A good understanding of programming in Python and machine/deep learning models
• Knowledge of how to use popular libraries, such as NumPy, pandas, and matplotlib
• Knowledge of basic statistics and quantitative finance

In this book, we attempt to give you a high-level overview of various techniques; however, we will focus on the practical applications of these methods. For a deeper dive into the theoretical foundations, we provide references for further reading.

The best way to learn anything is by doing. That is why we highly encourage you to experiment with the code samples provided (the code can be found in the accompanying GitHub repository), apply the ...