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Algorithmic Trading using Interactive Broker’s Python API

Implement algorithmic trading strategies on Interactive Broker's platform
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Platform: Udemy
Video: 11h 45m
Language: English
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Description

Design and deploy trading strategies on Interactive Broker’s platform. Automate every step of your strategy including, extracting data (stock data and fundamental data), performing technical/fundamental analysis, generating signals, placing trades, risk management etc. Gain a thorough understanding of native interactive broker’s API.
You can expect to gain the following skills from this course
•API trading
•Advanced python concepts (OOP concepts, multi-threading etc.)
•Extracting historical data
•Extracting fundamental data
•Harnessing streaming tick level data
•Incorporating technical indicators using python
•End to End strategy design and deployment
•Handling asynchronous calls
•Sqlite database management
•Interactive Broker’s TWS terminal
•Relevant account settings in IB

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Important note – Course prerequisites:
Please note that this course requires basic python proficiency. At the minimum, you should be comfortable with:
•basic python data types and format
•basic python data structures such as list, dictionary, tuple etc.
•how to create python functions
•how to implement loops in python
•installing and importing libraries 
Basic python proficiency is mandatory because Interactive Broker API’s python client uses advanced OOP and asynchronous programming concepts. While, I have devoted an entire section explaining these concepts, students with no python knowledge will really struggle to follow along.
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You will learn

✓ Algorithmic Trading
✓ Interactive Broker API
✓ Quantitative Finance
✓ Advanced Python Concepts

Requirements

• Interactive Broker Account
• Basic python skills (should be familiar with data types, data structures, loops, functions, installing and importing libraries etc.)
• Intermediate level familiarity with finance/trading

This course is for

• Traders looking to automate their strategies on Interactive Broker’s platform
• Anyone interested in Algorithmic trading
Experienced Quant Researcher and Educator
​I have authored and published bestselling courses and books on finance and technology. I have a passion for simplifying seemingly complex topics such as algorithmic trading, machine learning, artificial intelligence and make them accessible to students with no technology/finance background.
I have more than a decade of experience working with global investment banks in the quantitative analysis/risk management areas. My work experience has made me a firm believer in taking data driven decisions while always being mindful of the qualitative aspects of my job. 
I did my undergraduate education in engineering and earned MBA and MFE degrees. I see myself as a life long learner and I deeply cherish the opportunity of sharing my knowledge with others.
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Platform: Udemy
Video: 11h 45m
Language: English
Next start: On Demand

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