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Quantitative Trading Strategies Using Python: Technical Analysis, Statistical Testing, and Machine Learning
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Quantitative Trading Strategies Using Python: Technical Analysis, Statistical Testing, and Machine Learning

by Peng Liu
September 2023
Beginner to intermediate
341 pages
9h 41m
English
Apress
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P. LiuQuantitative Trading Strategies Using Pythonhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9675-2_1

1. Quantitative Trading: An Introduction

Peng Liu1  
(1)
Singapore, Singapore
 

Quantitative trading, also called algorithmic trading, refers to automated trading activities that buy or sell particular instruments based on specific algorithms. Here, an algorithm can be considered a model that transforms an input into an output. In this case, the input includes sufficient data to make a proper trading decision, and the output is the action of buying or selling an instrument. The quality of a trading decision thus relies on the sufficiency of the input data and the suitability ...

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