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Quantitative Finance & Algorithmic Trading in Python
Stock Market, Bonds, Markowitz-Portfolio Theory, CAPM, Black-Scholes Model, Value at Risk and Monte-Carlo Simulations
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About Quantitative Finance & Algorithmic Trading in Python
This course is about the fundamental basics of financial engineering. First of all you will learn about
stocks
,
bonds
and other
derivatives
. The main reason of this course is to get a better understanding of mathematical models concerning the finance in the main. First of all we have to consider bonds and bond pricing.
Markowitz-model
is the second step. Then
Capital Asset Pricing Model
(CAPM). One of the most elegant scientific discoveries in the 20th century is the
Black-Scholes model
and how to eliminate risk with hedging.
IMPORTANT: only take this course, if you are interested in statistics and mathematics !!!
Section 1 - Introduction
installing Python
why to use Python programming language
the problem with financial models and historical data
Section 2 - Stock Market Basics
present value and future value of money
stocks and shares
commodities and the FOREX
what are short and long positions?
Section 3 - Bond Theory and Implementation
what are bonds
yields and yield to maturity
Macaulay duration
bond pricing theory and implementation
Section 4 - Modern Portfolio Theory (Markowitz Model)
what is diverzification in finance?
mean and variance
efficient frontier and the Sharpe ratio
capital allocation line (CAL)
Section 5 - Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
systematic and unsystematic risks
beta and alpha parameters
linear regression and market risk
why market risk is the only relevant risk?
Section 6 - Derivatives Basics
derivatives basics
options (put and call options)
forward and future contracts
credit default swaps (CDS)
interest rate swaps
Section 7 - Random Behavior in Finance
random behavior
Wiener processes
stochastic calculus and Ito's lemma
brownian motion theory and implementation
Section 8 - Black-Scholes Model
Black-Scholes model theory and implementation
Monte-Carlo simulations for option pricing
the greeks
Section 9 - Value-at-Risk (VaR)
what is value at risk (VaR)
Monte-Carlo simulation to calculate risks
Section 10 - Collateralized Debt Obligation (CDO)
what are CDOs?
the financial crisis in 2008
Section 11 - Interest Rate Models
mean reverting stochastic processes
the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process
the Vasicek model
using Monte-Carlo simulation to price bonds
Section 12 - Value Investing
long term investing
efficient market hypothesis
APPENDIX - PYTHON CRASH COURSE
basics - variables, strings, loops and logical operators
functions
data structures in Python (lists, arrays, tuples and dictionaries)
object oriented programming (OOP)
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What You Will Learn?
- Understand stock market fundamentals .
- Understand bonds and bond pricing .
- Understand the Modern Portfolio Theory and Markowitz model .
- Understand the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) .
- Understand derivatives (futures and options) .
- Understand credit derivatives (credit default swaps) .
- Understand stochastic processes and the famous Black-Scholes model .
- Understand Monte-Carlo simulations .
- Understand Value-at-Risk (VaR) .
- Understand CDOs and the financial crisis .
- Understand interest rate models (Vasicek model) Show moreShow less.