Complete real-world projects designed by industry experts, covering topics from asset management to trading signal generation. Master AI algorithms for trading, and build your career-ready portfolio.
- 2 Terms
- 6 months
- Study 5-10 hrs/week
CO – CREATED WITH
- WorldQuant
WHY ENROLL
Become career-ready faster
- INDUSTRY SIZE & DEMAND
In India, algo-trading is expected to cross 25% mark of the total equity cash market trade volume by 2020.
- JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Quants in India get up to 4-5 openings on an average to apply in a week, which varies from domestic trading companies to large MNCs
- RANKED #08 CNBC
Udacity ranked as the most disruptive learning company in the world for 2 years in a row by CNBC
- GLOBAL COMMUNITY
Join a global community of quant traders and get a worldwide view of trading strategies with Worldquant
WHAT YOU LEARN
Study cutting edge Content
Prerequisites and Requirements
In order to succeed in this Nanodegree program, we strongly recommend that you have the following prerequisites.
You should have some experience programming with Python, and be familiar with statistics, linear algebra, and calculus. Python programming knowledge
- Basic data structures
- Basic Numpy
Intermediate statistical knowledge
- Mean, median, mode
- Variance, standard deviation
- Random variables, independence
- Distributions, normal distribution
- T-test, p-value, statistical significance
Intermediate calculus and linear algebra knowledge
- Integrals and derivatives
- Linear combination, linear independence
- Matrix operations
- Eigenvectors, eigenvalues
New to Python programming? Check out our free Intro to Data Analysis course.
New to Python programming? Check out our free Programming Foundations with Python course.
Need to refresh your statistical and algebra knowledge? Check out our free statistics and linear algebra courses:
- Intro to Statistics free course
- Linear algebra refresher free course
TERM 1: BASIC
TERM 2: ADVANCED
- AI Algorithms in Trading
- Term fee includes
- COURSE CONTENT
- Best-in-class content by industry leaders in the form of bite-sized videos and quizzes.
COURSE SYLLABUS
- Sentiment Analysis with Natural Language Processing
Learn the fundamentals of text processing, and analyze corporate filings to generate sentiment-based trading signals.
- Advanced Natural Language Processing with Deep Learning
Learn to apply deep learning in quantitative analysis and use recurrent neural networks and long short-term memory to generate trading signals.
- Simulating Trades with Historical Data
Learn to refine trading signals by running rigorous backtests. Track your P&L while your algorithm buys and sells.
- Combining Multiple Signals
Learn advanced techniques to select and combine the factors you’ve generated from both traditional and alternative data.
PROJECTS
Industry relevant projects + unlimited project reviews by our global reviewers
- PROJECT 1
Sentiment Analysis using NLP
- PROJECT 2
Deep Neural Network with News Data
- PROJECT 3
Backtesting
- PROJECT 4
Combine Signals for Enhanced Alpha
SERVICES
We guide and support you throughout your learning journey through these services.
Knowledge
Search-based Q&A forum
Study Groups
collaborate with fellow students & mentors
Project reviews & feedback
actionable feedback from expert project reviewers
Your Nanodegree journey
- ENROLL IN TERM II
to enroll, write to india@udacity.com, if you have completed Term 1
- BRUSH UP ON PRE-REQUISITES
while you wait for the classroom to open, brush up on pre-requisites
- CLASSROOM OPENS
to know, write to india@udacity.com if you have completed Term 1
In case you feel unsure about the program, we offer a full refund on canceling within 7 days of the classroom opening.
- SUBMIT PROJECTS
submit all projects within 3 months
- COMPLETE TERM 2
finish requirements for graduation
- NANODEGREE CERTIFICATE
You are eligible to take part in our career fest Propel.
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