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R is widely used by analysts and traders around the world to develop quantitative trading strategies that can be executed manually or through program trading. This is an introductory course for beginners in R to get familiar with quantitative trading strategies and coding technical indicators in R. You will learn technical terms associated with trading strategies, work with data.tables in R, and manipulate the input data to create trading signals and profit-and-loss columns. You will also learn about optimizing parameters to be able to maximize profits. This course is for everyone interested in getting started with algorithmic trading. No prior knowledge is required!
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    Introduction to R for trading

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    This chapter equips you with basic programming skills in R before proceeding to strategy writing. This chapter covers reading a data.table, creating new columns in the table, calculating returns by different methods, loop functions, conditional functions, and plotting of datasets.

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    Read file: read.csv()
    100 xp
    Get a glimpse of your data
    100 xp
    Types, Classes and Dimensions of Objects in R
    100 xp
    Extract data frame cell value
    50 xp
    Extract value of consecutive cells in a column
    50 xp
    Function c()
    100 xp
    Create a column using function c()
    100 xp
    Vector Operations
    50 xp
    Calculate returns: Get started
    100 xp
    Using the diff() function
    50 xp
    Calculate returns: Using c() and diff() together
    50 xp
    Calculate returns: For the second row
    100 xp
    Calculate returns: the general formula
    50 xp
    Calculate returns: vector division
    100 xp
    Calculate returns: for-loop
    100 xp
    Calculate log returns
    100 xp
    Plotting and interpreting charts
    50 xp
    Plot the Returns
    100 xp
    Conditional Statements
    50 xp
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QuantInsti is one of Asia's pioneer Algorithm Trading Research and Training Institutes focused on preparing financial market professionals for the contemporary field of Algorithmic and High Frequency Trading. QuantInsti institute developed the curriculum for the Asia's first Executive Program in Algorithmic Trading (E-PAT) in 2009. As an initiative by financial markets professionals with stellar academic and professional credentials, the program aims to fulfill the pressing demands for highly specialized skill sets of a potentially lucrative domain. QuantInsti opened the doors to global participants in 2012 by introducing virtual classrooms for its flagship E-PAT course and have seen participation from all inhabited continents since then.
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