Blog Series Algorithmic Trading Fundamentals

Algorithmic Trading Fundamentals

Everything you need to go from manual trader to deploying your first live strategy — indicators, conditions, actions, backtesting, and deployment. Six articles. No finance degree required.

  1. 1
    I Watched My Portfolio Crash From a Cornell Lecture Hall — Algorithmic Trading Fundamentals
    10 min read · The building blocks
  2. 2
    Why Technical Analysis Alone Will Lose You Money — Algorithmic Trading Fundamentals
    12 min read · Four types of indicators
  3. 3
    Conditions and Actions: Turning Indicators into Trading Decisions — Algorithmic Trading Fundamentals
    10 min read · Conditions & actions
  4. 4
    Build Your First Algorithmic Trading Strategy — Algorithmic Trading Fundamentals
    12 min read · Build your first strategy
  5. 5
    The Professional's Edge: Backtesting, Optimization & Deployment — Algorithmic Trading Fundamentals
    14 min read · Backtesting & optimization
  6. 6
    Deployment: From Paper Trading to Going Live — Algorithmic Trading Fundamentals
    10 min read · Deployment & going live
Start with Module 1