Course Outline

AI in the Trading and Asset Management Landscape

  • Trends in algorithmic and AI-based trading
  • Overview of quantitative finance workflows
  • Key tools, platforms, and data sources

Working with Financial Data in Python

  • Handling time series data using Pandas
  • Data cleaning, transformation, and feature engineering
  • Financial indicators and signal construction

Supervised Learning for Trading Signals

  • Regression and classification models for market prediction
  • Evaluating predictive models (e.g. accuracy, precision, Sharpe ratio)
  • Case study: building an ML-based signal generator

Unsupervised Learning and Market Regimes

  • Clustering for volatility regimes
  • Dimensionality reduction for pattern discovery
  • Applications in basket trading and risk grouping

Portfolio Optimization with AI Techniques

  • Markowitz framework and its limitations
  • Risk parity, Black-Litterman, and ML-based optimization
  • Dynamic rebalancing with predictive inputs

Backtesting and Strategy Evaluation

  • Using Backtrader or custom frameworks
  • Risk-adjusted performance metrics
  • Avoiding overfitting and look-ahead bias

Deploying AI Models in Live Trading

  • Integration with trading APIs and execution platforms
  • Model monitoring and re-training cycles
  • Ethical, regulatory, and operational considerations

Summary and Next Steps

Requirements

  • An understanding of basic statistics and financial markets
  • Experience with Python programming
  • Familiarity with time series data

Audience

  • Quantitative analysts
  • Trading professionals
  • Portfolio managers
 21 Hours

Delivery Options

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  • Delivered online, onsite/classroom or hybrid by experts sharing real world experience

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