In life and in business, there are two types of data that you can work with: facts and opinions. Financial trading, however, is a business in which facts and opinions collide, sometimes leading to great success and sometimes clashing hard. It seems as if pitting two...
The boom in technology over the last 10 years has changed much of how we look at data, use data, and calculate data. For those in the trading sector, these changes in data constructs have been incredibly beneficial – however, as always, it has come with a...
Since I’ve covered the basics of quantitative trading in my four-part series, I thought it was time to approach the subject from a different angle and explore how one gets into this field. As I’ve said before, quantitative trading is a precise, mathematical...
This is the fourth and final chapter of my series on an introduction to quantitative trading. Be sure to start with the first post, and check back soon for more quantitative trading news! While quantitative trading may initially seem like a complex and foreign topic,...
For years, trading was a manual affair. A single trader would painstakingly track markets and trends, identify the right opportunities to buy or sell, then place a call to the floor. In the 90s, it entered an electronic era with the convenience of buying and selling...
