num_pages: 256
description: Dive into algo trading with step-by-step tutorials and expert insight Machine Trading is a practical guide to building your algorithmic trading business. Written by a recognized trader with major institution expertise this book provides step-by-step instruction on quantitative trading and the latest technologies available even outside the Wall Street sphere. You'll discover the latest platforms that are becoming increasingly easy to use gain access to new markets and learn new quantitative strategies that are applicable to stocks options futures currencies and even bitcoins. The companion website provides downloadable software codes and you'll learn to design your own proprietary tools using MATLAB. The author's experiences provide deep insight into both the business and human side of systematic trading and money management and his evolution from proprietary trader to fund manager contains valuable lessons for investors at any level. Algorithmic trading is booming and the theories tools technologies and the markets themselves are evolving at a rapid pace. This book gets you up to speed and walks you through the process of developing your own proprietary trading operation using the latest tools. The strength of algorithmic trading is its versatility. It can be used in any strategy including market-making inter-market spreading arbitrage or pure speculation; decision-making and implementation can be augmented at any stage or may operate completely automatically. Traders looking to step up their strategy need look no further than Machine Trading for clear instruction and expert solutions.
language: English
title: Machine Trading: Deploying Computer Algorithms to Conquer the Markets
publisher: Wiley