How to Code an Algorithmic Trading Strategy in 25 Minutes

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With the rise of Machine Learning and Data Scraping, technical skills have become a necessity for those who want to make a living in the finance industry. Algorithmic Trading is a perfect skill to pick up if you are looking for a sustained source of income outside of your full-time job. We are going to trade an Amazon stock CFD using a trading algorithm. The strategy is to buy the dip in prices, commonly known as “Buy the f***ing dip” or “BTFD”. This means that we enter a long trade when Amazon’s stocks fall in the short term. Here are…...

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Lucas Liew Lucas Liew runs AlgoTrading101, an online algorithmic trading course and mentorship program with over 30,000 members. He worked at a proprietary trading firm, hedge fund and taught financial programming to Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC), one of the largest sovereign wealth funds in the world. Lucas has been featured on Investopedia and is one of the most viewed writers on Algorithmic Trading on Quora.