Name: The Quantopian Workshop
Start: 2015-12-12T09:00:00-05:00
End: 2015-12-12T17:00:00-05:00
Location: Quantopian Headquarters

The Quantopian Workshop

An Introduction to

Algorithmic Trading

This introductory level workshop will give you the ability to create and backtest your own basic trading strategies, show you algorithmic trading tools to use, and teach you how to correct for some of the statistical biases that can disrupt analysis.

The curriculum has been vetted and used to teach lectures by professors at top-tier universities, including: Harvard, MIT Sloan, and Stanford.

Prerequisites to Attend: Beginner Knowledge of Python, College Level Math, Laptop

Tickets for The Workshop are: $675.

The Workshop will be held on December 12, 2015 from

9am-5pm ET in our Boston office.

Quantopian Headquarters

100 Franklin Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02110

-- Entrance On Arch Street --

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agenda

8:45am

Breakfast

9:00am - 10:00am

Introduction to Algorithmic Trading

10:00am - 10:30am

Overview of Quantopian Platform

10:30am - 11:00am

Introduction to the Research Environment

11:00am - 11:30am

Lecture: Pairs Trading Strategy

11:30am - 12:00pm

Exercise: Find Your Own Pairs

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Lunch

1:00pm - 2:00pm

Exercise: Backtesting

2:00pm - 2:30pm

Lecture: Overfitting

2:30pm - 4:30pm

Exercise: Design Your Own Strategy

4:30pm - 5:00pm

Wrap-Up

AGenda

An Introduction to

Algorithmic Trading

This introductory level workshop will give you the ability to create and backtest your own basic trading strategies, show you algorithmic trading tools to use, and teach you how to correct for some of the statistical biases that can disrupt analysis.

The curriculum has been vetted and used to teach lectures by professors at top-tier universities, including: Harvard, MIT Sloan, and Stanford.

Prerequisites to Attend: Beginner Knowledge of Python, College Level Math, Laptop

Tickets for The Workshop are: $675.

The Workshop will be held on December 12, 2015 from

9am-5pm ET in our Boston office.

Quantopian Headquarters

100 Franklin Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02110

-- Entrance On Arch Street --

"Delaney can explain complex concepts clearly and thoroughly. Students and scholars are able to understand quantitative finance concepts through his lectures."

Pavlos Protopapas, Director of harvard iacs

Speaker

The workshop has been developed by Delaney Granizo-Mackenzie,

engineer and academic lead at Quantopian,

whose focus is on the intersection of computer science, statistics, and finance.

His background includes seven years of bioinformatics research and

delivering lectures at schools including Harvard and MIT.

Have a question or comment?

Reach out to Delaney at delaney@quantopian.com or visit us at: www.quantopian.com/workshops.

Delaney Granizo-Mackenzie

Academic Lead & Engineer Quantopian

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An Introduction to

Algorithmic Trading

This introductory level workshop will give you the ability to create and backtest your own basic trading strategies, show you algorithmic trading tools to use, and teach you how to correct for some of the statistical biases that can disrupt analysis.

The curriculum has been vetted and used to teach lectures by professors at top-tier universities, including: Harvard, MIT Sloan, and Stanford.

Prerequisites to Attend: Beginner Knowledge of Python, College Level Math, Laptop

Tickets for The Workshop are: $675.

The Workshop will be held on December 12, 2015 from

9am-5pm ET in our Boston office.

Quantopian Headquarters

100 Franklin Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02110

-- Entrance On Arch Street --

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