Course Outline
Introduction
Setting up the Development Environment
- Programming locally vs online: Anaconda and Jupyter
Python Programming Fundamentals
- Control structures, data types, functions, data structures and operators
Extending Python's Capabilities
- Modules and Packages
Your first Python Application
- Estimating beginning and ending dates and times
Accessing External Data with Python
- Importing and exporting, reading and writing CSV data
- Accessing data in an SQL database
Organizing Data Using Arrays and Vectors in Python
- NumPy and vectorized functions
Visualizing Data with Python
- Matplotlib for 2D and 3D plotting, pyplot, and SciPy
Analyzing Data with Python
- Data analysis with scipy.stats and pandas
- Importing and exporting financial data (Excel, website data, etc.)
Simulating Asset Price Trajectories
- Monte Carlo simulation
Asset Allocation and Portfolio Optimization
- Performing capital allocation, asset allocation, and risk assessment
Risk Analysis and Investment Performance
- Defining and solving portfolio optimization problems
Fixed-Income Analysis and Option Pricing
- Performing fixed-income analysis and option pricing
Financial Time Series Analysis
- Analyzing time series data in financial markets
Taking Your Python Application into Production
- Integrating your application with Excel and other web applications
Application Performance
- Optimizing your application
- Parallel Computing and Multiprocessing
Troubleshooting
Closing Remarks
Requirements
- An understanding of finance (securities, derivatives, etc.)
- A general understanding of probability and statistics
- Elementary differential and integral calculus
Testimonials (5)
Experience of the trainer and his way of conveying the content
Roggli Marc - Bechtle Schweiz AG
Course - FinOps
The fact of having more practical exercises using more similar data to what we use in our projects (satellite images in raster format)
Matthieu - CS Group
Course - Scaling Data Analysis with Python and Dask
Very good preparation and expertise of a trainer, perfect communication in English. The course was practical (exercises + sharing examples of use cases)
Monika - Procter & Gamble Polska Sp. z o.o.
Course - Developing APIs with Python and FastAPI
Personal service and orientated to my needs
ANN - New Vitality Clinic
Course - GnuCash for Business Accounting
Trainer develops training based on participant's pace