Import Market Data with the Alpha Vantage API (100% free) !
You want to break into quant trading, and you want a clear tutorial about how to import some data. You are in the right place! To do so, we…
Download Ticks Data using MetaTrader 5 and Python (CFD & Futures)
We have all use fix time bars, but is it really the best way to summarize the ticks? Ticks can give us a better overview of the market? How to…
Python or C++ for Quantitative Finance
“Python or C++ for quantitative finance ?” is as older than the quantitative finance itself. And, of course, if we try to find the best option…
THE Algorithmic Trading Strategy Building Process !
Create an Algorithmic Trading Strategy Factory, that’s the goal of this tutorial. Explain to you, all the steps that you need to follow to…
Import the US treasury bonds data using an API !
Are you trading S&P 500, Nasdaq 100 or the Forex market? If the answer is yes, you should take a look to the following article. Indeed,…
Trading Backtest Explained – 3 real life exemples
Understand how to implement the different methods to do a backtest is good. But knowing how to use them to extract real insights is much…
Why using Monte-Carlo Simulations in Trading?
If you are interested by quant finance, you should have heard about Monte Carlo simulations in trading. However, the concept is always…
Robustness testing – Find reliable trading strategies !
Doing a backtest is good. Be able to trust it is better! That’s where the robustness testing takes place. Indeed, thanks to different methods…
The Walk Forward Optimization in trading
Backtesting in not a research tool, ok fine! we have understood it! But, if we can’t optimize our parameters using backtesting, how would we…
The 6 Biggest Portfolio Backtesting Mistakes
If you are backtesting a single trading strategy or you are doing a portfolio backtesting, you need to avoid the following mistakes. These 6…