This course provides the foundation for developing advanced trading strategies using machine learning techniques. In this course, you’ll review the key components that are common to every trading strategy, no matter how complex. You’ll be introduced to multiple trading strategies including quantitative trading, pairs trading, and momentum trading. By the end of the course, you will be able to design basic quantitative trading strategies, build machine learning models using Keras and TensorFlow, build a pair trading strategy prediction model and back test it, and build a momentum-based trading model and back test it.
This course is part of the Machine Learning for Trading Specialization
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About this Course
Basic competency in Python, familiarity with the Scikit Learn, Statsmodels and Pandas library.
Familiarity with statistics, financial markets, ML
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Try Coursera for BusinessWhat you will learn
Design basic quantitative trading strategies
Use Keras and Tensorflow to build machine learning models
Build a pair trading strategy prediction model and back test it.
Build a momentum-based trading model and back test it.
Skills you will gain
- Algorithmic Trading
- Python Programming
- Machine Learning
Basic competency in Python, familiarity with the Scikit Learn, Statsmodels and Pandas library.
Familiarity with statistics, financial markets, ML
Could your company benefit from training employees on in-demand skills?
Try Coursera for BusinessSyllabus - What you will learn from this course
Introduction to Quantitative Trading and TensorFlow
Introduction to TensorFlow
Training neural networks with Tensorflow 2 and Keras
Build a Momentum-based Trading System
Build a Pair Trading Strategy Prediction Model
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- 5 stars44.54%
- 4 stars27.10%
- 3 stars14.33%
- 2 stars7.16%
- 1 star6.85%
TOP REVIEWS FROM USING MACHINE LEARNING IN TRADING AND FINANCE
Very interesting course with integrated notebooks to learn concepts of how to apply machine learning to trading and finance
Video lectures were good. Expected better material for lab
This the best online course I've ever joined, very practical, and could be able to implement in the real world with your own thoughts plus the hints from the course.
Very interesting insights and new tools learned to improve trading algos and make smarter quantitative strategies
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