James – The Python for Traders Masterclass
The course is designed to be highly practical. You’ll learn through hands-on projects and real-world examples, enabling you to apply Python skills directly to trading scenarios. Each module includes practical exercises to reinforce the concepts taught.
- 8 Modules
- 4 Projects
- 105 Lessons
- 248 Code Examples
- 34 Hours of Content
ONE Program to Take You from Total Amateur to Algo Trader
What You’ll Learn In The Python for Traders Masterclass
- Python Fundamentals for Finance
Starting with basic Python, you’ll progress to advanced concepts and dive into data science. Learn essential tools like pandas, numpy, matplotlib, statsmodels, and scikit-learn, key for data analysis and machine learning in finance. This course is your streamlined path to mastering Python in the financial industry. - Working with Financial Data in Python
You’ll learn about various financial data types, how to clean and acquire data, and dive into time series analysis. Understand stationarity, practice time series forecasting, and conduct exploratory data analysis to uncover insights. - Trading Algorithm Design Principles
You’ll learn what trading algorithms are and their core design principles. Explore modules on data management, signal generation, risk and trade execution, and portfolio management. Then, dive into backtesting, including basics, software, and advanced techniques, and finish with optimization and parameter tuning for enhancing your trading strategies. - Automation & Analysis
You’ll learn how to source financial data effectively. This includes working with common formats like CSVs and JSON. You’ll also gain skills in scraping data from APIs and websites, followed by techniques for persisting data using files and databases. The section concludes with a summary that reinforces these key data collection methods. - Analyzing Fundamentals
You’ll learn about fundamental data in finance, including its types and how to gather and clean it. The section covers automated methods for screening and filtering this data, techniques for statistical analysis, and using natural language processing to analyze annual reports. - Options & Derivatives Pricing
You’ll learn about options and derivatives, basic option pricing, and delve into models like Binomial and Black-Scholes-Merton. Explore Monte Carlo simulations, exotic options, interest rate derivatives, and finite difference methods for pricing. The section also covers volatility concepts, including implied volatility, and offers advanced topics for further exploration. - HFT and Market Making
You’ll explore ‘High Frequency Trading (HFT)’ and understand how to handle high-frequency tick data. Learn about latency measurement and simulation, the strategies behind HFT market making, and the concept of statistical arbitrage with high-frequency data. Dive into signal processing specific to HFT and real-time news processing.
About Author
James is a quant trader and software engineer with years of experience in the world of algorithmic trading. With past experience at a major research lab and top tech company, he’s been independently trading equities and crypto using automated strategies since 2018. His passion for teaching and firsthand experience with the struggles that traders face when learning to code for the first time motivated him to create Python for Traders, knowing that there must be a better way to help his fellow traders turn better technology into better profits.
More courses from the same author: James
Peggy McColl – Skipping Levels All Access Pass
Quantifiable Edges Bundle
Cole Gordon – 8 Figure Boardroom Mastermind
Digital Resell Vault – Clone To Content
All Products Special (Business Explained)
Philipp Humm – Power of StorySelling
Rich Shy Girl – The Formula
Tammy Chambless – Multiple Entry Iron Condor
Alexandra Danieli – Selling for Projectors
Gemma Bonham-Carter – The Passive Project
Jermaine Francois – The Only Astra Academy
BowesPublishing – The EVERYTHING Bundle 2024 (KDP)
Justin Brooke – Growth Operator Blueprint
Taylor Jackson – Creating Profitable YouTube Videos
Jack Hopkins – 10k Accelerator Program
Depesh Mandalia – The AI Powered Facebook Ads & Offers Workshop May 2024
Video for Creators: Everything you need to know to plan, film, edit and market videos to grow your income and impact online.
OkkForex – Forex WATA
Troy Harris – Crypto New Rich Program
Austin Lovell – Freedom Fast Track
Liana Ling – Bullet Proof Meta (Facebook) Ads
RROP – Low Timeframe Supply & Demand
Rob Walling – The SaaS Launchpad
Apteros Trading – Learn to Scalp
Wei Qi Feng Laoshi – Self-Healing Methods Of The Circulatory System [Recordings ONLY]
Selena Soo – Get Known and Get Clients
NICABM – Working With Core Beliefs of “Never Good Enough”
Managing and Thriving in Uncertainty John Overdurf
Billy Gene – 5 Day AI Crash Course for Marketers
The Landshark Method
Trades Trending – Daily Trade Machine
Bob Proctor – 12 Principles For Winning The Mind Game
Master Trader – Learn Trading Late Day Breakouts & Breakdowns
Jermain Linton – Create Unlimited $450 Credit Adwords Accounts and VCCs
TrendyOutlet – Viral Video Hooks Pack
John Dupuy & Nadja Lind – iAwake Technologies – Strong Medicine
Jack Corsellis – Breakout Strategy Course
Joe Dispenza – The Magic Walk: A Guided Children’s Walking Meditation
Levee Road Studio – Pinterest Rank Boost 2.0
Matt Clark and Jason Katzenback – Amazing Selling Machine 11
Russ Horn – Ultra Blue Forex
Product University – Unique Amazon Strategy
David Morehouse – Remote Viewing Online Training Course
Stratagem Trading – Unbalanced Birds 

