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==Week 1==
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==Lesson 1: Reading, slicing and plotting stock data==
<B>Module 1</B><BR>
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*Overview of the data we'll be working with (from Yahoo!)
Course overview and intro<BR>
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*Introduction to our primary library: Pandas
Definition of autonomy (NASA Video)<BR>
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*Reading CSV data into Pandas
Example of multi agent coordination (Harvard Video)<BR>
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*Filtering to specific dates
Drunken Sailor description<BR>
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*Plotting
  
<B>Module 2</B><BR>
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Reading: "Python for Finance", Chapter 6: Financial time series
Intro and discussion of ASCII Soccer<BR>
 
How does sensing affect necessity for diversity?<BR>
 
  
==Week 2==
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==Lesson 2: Working with many stocks at once==
<B>Module 1</B><BR>
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*Our target data frame structure
Course overview and intro<BR>
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*Address reverse order issue
Definition of autonomy (NASA Video)<BR>
+
*Reading data for multiple stocks into the structure
Example of multi agent coordination (Harvard Video)<BR>
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*Date slicing
Drunken Sailor description<BR>
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*Symbol slicing
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*Plotting
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*Normalizing
  
<B>Module 2</B><BR>
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==Lesson 3: The power of Numpy==
Intro and discussion of ASCII Soccer<BR>
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*What is Numpy and how it relates to Pandas
How does sensing affect necessity for diversity?<BR>
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*Why is Numpy powerful/important?
 +
*Creating Numpy arrays
 +
*Indexing and slicing Numpy arrays
 +
*Important data processing on Numpy arrays
 +
*Example use with pandas too
 +
 
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Reading: "Python for Finance", Chapter 4: Data types and structures
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==Lesson 4: Statistical analysis of time series==
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*Gross statistics on dataframes
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*Rolling statistics on dataframes
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*Plotting a technical indicator (Bollinger Bands)
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Reading: "Python for Finance", Chapter 6: Financial time series
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==Lesson 5: Incomplete data==
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*How incomplete data arises in financial data
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*Different approaches to dealing with it
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==Lesson 6: Histograms and scatter plots==
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* Histogram of daily returns
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* Compare SPY with XOM
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* Scatter plots
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* Correlation is not slope!
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* Compare SPY vs XOM, with SPY vs GLD scatter plots
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Reading: "Python for Finance", Chapter 5: Data Visualization
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==Lesson 7: Sharpe ratio & other portfolio statistics==
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*Speed up reading data by memoizing
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*Average daily return
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*Volatility: stddev of daily return (don't count first day)
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*Cumulative return
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*Relationship between cumulative and daily
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*Sharpe Ratio
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*How to model a buy and hold portfolio
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==Lesson 8: Optimizers: Building a parameterized model==
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*What does an optimizer do?
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*Syntax of optimizer use
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*Problem statement for an optimizer (inputs, outputs, assumptions)
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*How to find X that minimizes f(X) with a minimizer
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*How to build a parameterized polynomial model from real data using an optimizer
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==Lesson 9: Optimizers: How to optimize a portfolio==
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*What does it mean to "optimize" a portfolio
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*Framing the problem for an optimizer
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*Constraints on X for an optimizer
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*Ranges on X for an optimizer
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Reading: "Python for Finance", Chapter 11: Statistics-Portfolio Optimization

Latest revision as of 18:10, 24 August 2016

Lesson 1: Reading, slicing and plotting stock data

  • Overview of the data we'll be working with (from Yahoo!)
  • Introduction to our primary library: Pandas
  • Reading CSV data into Pandas
  • Filtering to specific dates
  • Plotting

Reading: "Python for Finance", Chapter 6: Financial time series

Lesson 2: Working with many stocks at once

  • Our target data frame structure
  • Address reverse order issue
  • Reading data for multiple stocks into the structure
  • Date slicing
  • Symbol slicing
  • Plotting
  • Normalizing

Lesson 3: The power of Numpy

  • What is Numpy and how it relates to Pandas
  • Why is Numpy powerful/important?
  • Creating Numpy arrays
  • Indexing and slicing Numpy arrays
  • Important data processing on Numpy arrays
  • Example use with pandas too

Reading: "Python for Finance", Chapter 4: Data types and structures

Lesson 4: Statistical analysis of time series

  • Gross statistics on dataframes
  • Rolling statistics on dataframes
  • Plotting a technical indicator (Bollinger Bands)

Reading: "Python for Finance", Chapter 6: Financial time series

Lesson 5: Incomplete data

  • How incomplete data arises in financial data
  • Different approaches to dealing with it

Lesson 6: Histograms and scatter plots

  • Histogram of daily returns
  • Compare SPY with XOM
  • Scatter plots
  • Correlation is not slope!
  • Compare SPY vs XOM, with SPY vs GLD scatter plots

Reading: "Python for Finance", Chapter 5: Data Visualization

Lesson 7: Sharpe ratio & other portfolio statistics

  • Speed up reading data by memoizing
  • Average daily return
  • Volatility: stddev of daily return (don't count first day)
  • Cumulative return
  • Relationship between cumulative and daily
  • Sharpe Ratio
  • How to model a buy and hold portfolio

Lesson 8: Optimizers: Building a parameterized model

  • What does an optimizer do?
  • Syntax of optimizer use
  • Problem statement for an optimizer (inputs, outputs, assumptions)
  • How to find X that minimizes f(X) with a minimizer
  • How to build a parameterized polynomial model from real data using an optimizer

Lesson 9: Optimizers: How to optimize a portfolio

  • What does it mean to "optimize" a portfolio
  • Framing the problem for an optimizer
  • Constraints on X for an optimizer
  • Ranges on X for an optimizer

Reading: "Python for Finance", Chapter 11: Statistics-Portfolio Optimization