Algorithmic and High Frequency Trading

This course gives participants hands-on experience with the type of trading that is commonly termed algorithmic and high frequency trading. The focus of the class is on using data to understand how traders develop computerized strategies to buy and sell stocks and the back-testing involved in this. The course gives participants familiarity with the tools that are increasingly dominating trading today. The focus of this class is NOT computer programming or operations, but rather the strategy that goes into algo trading.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, the participants will be able to:

• Discuss algorithmic and high frequency trading and the results they are having on markets
• Assess the risks and benefits of funds and strategies built around algo trading
• Explain how a trader develops and tests an algo trading strategy
• Analyze trends in the industry which may impact the future of the space

Prerequisites: None

Program Level: Foundational

Advance Preparation: None

Computers and Financial Calculators: Computer

Recommended CPE Credits: 7