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The Role of AI in Trading and Asset Management

  • Emerging trends in algorithmic and AI-driven trading
  • An overview of workflows in quantitative finance
  • Essential tools, platforms, and data sources

Managing Financial Data with Python

  • Processing time-series data using Pandas
  • Data cleaning, transformation, and feature engineering
  • Constructing financial indicators and trading signals

Supervised Learning for Trading Signals

  • Applying regression and classification models for market forecasting
  • Assessing predictive performance (e.g., accuracy, precision, Sharpe ratio)
  • Case study: Developing an ML-based signal generator

Unsupervised Learning and Market Regimes

  • Clustering to identify volatility regimes
  • Dimensionality reduction for pattern recognition
  • Applications in basket trading and risk categorisation

AI-Driven Portfolio Optimisation

  • The Markowitz framework and its inherent constraints
  • Risk parity, Black-Litterman, and ML-based optimisation methods
  • Dynamic rebalancing using predictive inputs

Backtesting and Strategy Assessment

  • Utilising Backtrader or custom-built frameworks
  • Analysing risk-adjusted performance metrics
  • Mitigating overfitting and look-ahead bias

Deploying AI Models in Live Trading

  • Integrating with trading APIs and execution platforms
  • Continuous model monitoring and re-training cycles
  • Ethical, regulatory, and operational considerations

Summary and Subsequent Steps

Requirements

  • Foundational knowledge of basic statistics and financial markets
  • Proficiency in Python programming
  • Familiarity with time-series data

Target Audience

  • Quantitative Analysts
  • Trading Professionals
  • Portfolio Managers
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