Performance Optimization and Risk Management for Trading

Generate Income and make a living with Day Trading / Algorithmic Trading. A quantitative & data-driven Python course.

Created by: Alexander Hagmann
Data Scientist | Finance Professional | Entrepreneur

What Will I Learn?

• How to make a living with Trading (and what it requires)
• How to optimize the Performance of Trading Strategies
• How to manage & control the Risk of Trading Strategies
• How to find the optimal degree of Leverage for Margin Trading
• How to measure the Performance and Risk of Trading Strategies and Financial Instruments
• How to make proper use of Stop Loss (SL) and Take Profit (TP) Orders
• Advanced Python Coding (OOP, Pandas, Numpy, Scipy, Matplotlib, Seaborn)
• How to optimize Trading Performance with single/multiple Parameter Optimization
• How to optimize Trading Performance with Smoothing
• How to calculate Risk, Return and the Sharpe Ratio (Mean-Variance Analysis)
• How to calculate Downside Risk and the Sortino Ratio
• How to calculate Maximum Drawdown, Maximum Drawdown Duration and the Calmar Ratio
• How to calculate CAGR, Investment Multiple, compound Returns and more.
• How to generate a sustainable income with Trading

Requirements

• A desktop computer (Windows, Mac, or Linux) capable of storing and running Anaconda. The course will walk you through installing the necessary free software.
• An internet connection capable of streaming HD videos.
• Basic Python Coding Skills (Variables, Data Types, Lists, For Loops, Functions) -> This is not a Course for complete Python Beginners.
• Basic Coding Skills in Pandas, Numpy and Matplotlib
• Basic Knowledge or first practical experiences with Trading/Investing would be great (not mandatory but it helps)
• Some high school level math & statistics skills would be great (not mandatory, but it helps)

Target audience

• Traders who are dissatisfied with their Trading Performance
• Those who want to generate sustainable Income with Trading
• Traders and Investors who want to professionalize their Business.
• Traders who want to improve their work/analysis with powerful Python Coding