Algorithmic trading is the domain of secretive hedge funds.

Python has unlocked these secrets for everyone (even Goldman Sachs has an open source tool).

Use the same tools the professionals use.

Here's 5 tools to start automating your trading:

12 Python libraries for free market data everyone should know:

yfinance

Data for stocks (historic, intraday, fundamental), FX, crypto, and options. Uses Yahoo Finance so any data available through Yahoo is available through

pandas-datareader

pandas-datareader used to be part of the pandas project. Now an independent project. Includes data for stocks, FX, economic indicators, Fama-French factors, and many

IBApi

The official API for Interactive Brokers provides access to all the data available through IB. Replaces

Alpha Vantage

Alpha Vantage delivers a free API for real-time financial data and most used finance indicators in a simple JSON or CSV

My master's degree completely failed to teach me how to test trading strategies.

So I spent 40 hours looking for Python backtesting libraries.

Then I started using the best ones.

But unlike my quant finance degree, these won't cost you $90,000.

Here they are for free.

AutoTrader

AutoTrader is Python-based platform intended to help in the development, optimisation and deployment of automated trading

Zipline

From Quantopian (acquired by Robinhood) the first to democratize quant trading, comes Zipline. It's a robust, fully-featured backtesting library which features slippage models, robust data handing and rich

backtrader

backtrader features live data and trading, filters and multiple data feeds at

backtesting .py

backtesting .py features a simple well-documented API, fast execution and a library of built-in base

A Bloomberg Terminal costs $24,000 per year.

It's the portal to all the world's financial data.

Unaffordable for 99% of us.

Reserved for the Wall Street elite to outfox the normal investor.

Until now:

In case you're unfamiliar:

• Over 325,000 people use Bloomberg daily
• Used for market data, trading and research
• Launched in 1981 by billionaire Michael Bloomberg

It's a modern icon of financial markets.

So, how can you compete?

With OpenBB.

The OpenBB Terminal is a Python-based environment for investment research.

There are over 500 functions covering:

• ETFs
• Forex
• Stocks
• Crypto
• Options
• Portfolio
• Economy
• Mutual funds
• Econometrics

Strap on your seat belt.

Let's dive in:

Let's start by analyzing Tesla.

First, type *stocks* at the command prompt to show the menu.

These are all the sub menus you can explore to analyze stocks.

The menu items in grey are not available until you load stock data.

Let's load TSLA now.

Type *load TSLA*.

This will load TSLA price data (for free) and print out a performance summary.

Now we can start to analyze TSLA.

In 2012, my first options trade lost $9,000.

12 months later I was making $1,100 per week trading in my free time.

What changed?

I read 20 books on options and finished a master’s degree.

But what took my game to the next level was Python.

Here’s the code I still use today:

A quick primer on options in case you're not familiar:

• Over $450 billion in notional trades DAILY
• 39 million options contracts trade DAILY
• 25% of total options trading is from retail

So how do we make money?

Trade options with a simple, 3-part framework:

1. Design your risk
2. Value the position
3. Measure and monitor

Now pair this framework with Python and you get a potent combination for making money trading options.

Let's dig in:

To design our risk profile, we need the option payoff.

Let's start by defining the variables we need:

• Stock price
• Strike price
• Time to expiration
• Interest rate
• Volatility

We also define market prices for demonstrating trades.

Remember our payoff functions for calls and puts?

• call = max(S - K, 0)
• put = max(K - S, 0)

We can define them in Python in one line of code each.

And here's where it gets really interesting.

Over the past 10 years, I've watched over 250 YouTube videos on quantitative finance.

And the truth is, 99% of them were a complete waste of time.

But these 8 are worth more than a 4-year degree:

Algorithmic Trading Using Python (4.5 hours)

Learn how to perform algorithmic trading using Python in this complete course. Algorithmic trading means using computers to make investment

Quantitative Stock Price Analysis with Python (25 minutes)

We look at some quantitative analytical methods of stock price changes using Python and

How to Create & Test Trading Algorithm in Python (20 minutes)

Learn how to download and manipulate data then develop a momentum strategy trading algorithm with

Python for Quant Finance (50 minutes)

The talk discusses and illustrates why Python might be the right choice for implementing ambitious quant finance applications and

This is Kuinini ‘Nini’ Manumua, the woman who was ultimately displaced by inclusion of Laurel Hubbard.

She’s 21, and it would have been her first Olympics.

RISHI PINGALA:THE ANCIENT INDIAN SAGE DISCREDITED FOR HIS MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO MATHEMATICS & PHI

Have you ever heard about,"The Golden Ratio"?
The Golden Ratio or Phi(Greek) is a mathematical ratio of nature. Mother Nature is the most exquisite artist in herself.

&Its this Phi she uses to create all the beauty in World.
If anyone uses this ratio correctly in their art,it can turn into a spell-binding piece of work.Such is the significance of'Phi'.But my thread isn't about it.Its about somethin called'Fibonacci Series'&who actually made it

Phi is related to Fibonacci series(0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34...)
&this series is responsible for everything dat is beautiful on this planet. Just try to calculate the ratio of any 2 successive numbers ÷ each of them by the number before it in above infinite series.

E.g. 3/2=1.5, 5/3=1.666, 8/5=1.6, 34/21=1.61904 and so on. Did you notice something? The ratio is coming almost same every time. This ratio is called 'Phi 'which is numerically represented as 1:1.618. This Golden Spiral is made in exact proportion of 1:1.618.

The thing I want to emphasize here is that we always find only those things appealing and attractive that have Phi. It's in our subconscious. Isn't it some revelation? We are the part of this Divine proportion of the God or the Mother Nature. Check these:

Story of Thumba Poo and Shiva

Thumba poo is a tiny white flower which grows in all areas. These flowers are used for treatment for sinus. Small children who have polyps in Nose are told to crush tumbha leaves and apply in nose part.
There is an interesting story of Thumba and

Mahadeva. Thumba flowers were not taken for Shiva Pooja. Saddened to this Thumba prayed sincerely and Mahadeva appeared before her.
She was surprised that Shiva had appeared before her. Instead of saying that she wants to under his feet always, she said
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She said that her feet should be on his head. Shiva accepted her prayers. It is because of this Thumba flower is placed in the head of Shiva Linga.
Shambo Mahadeva
Om Namah Sivaye
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Personal Prayer Walk Chronicles, 11th March, 2023...

I REALLY HAVE A ?? this mornin

Anyways, Woke up this mornin with so much energy(glory to God), at a time, I was considering walking from ABEOKUTA- Ibadan just to show that my frenemy, Pst. @Abel2goupOla that I was fitter.. 😂

Anyways, I set out early praying in tongues, which is my usual practice, but, midway, I decided to listen to one of the audio messages on my phone. The lot fell on Pst. E.A. Adeboye's message, titled, "THE CREATIVE POWER OF GOD'S WORD"

His Word can CREATE, CALL FORTH, CANCEL,

OBTAIN etc. It can serve in every capacity and can do all things, even d imagined stuffs can b brought to manifestation.
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Making time to study His Word is really underrated. Many today just glance thru & rush off. This will not help. We must make time in d midst of no time.
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Now, indulge me to ask you these simple questions.
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When was the last time you came to the altar of Prayer, just to guage your relationship with God?

Have you noticed or observed that, We monitor almost everything in our lives?

From the petrol in our car to that in our generators.

We monitor the money in our banks as well as that in our pocket....

#We monitor our performances at work and those of our subordinates...

#We monitor our health,