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Any material to start the trading algorithm?

Hey everyone,

I just knew this awesome website and want to become a quantopianer! I have basic knowledge on Python and would like to know more about trading algorithm. Anyone could help to shine some light on this? The best is that there are some examples that use python to code the trading algorithms and explanation!

Any help on this will be highly appreciated!

Warm regards,
Morpheus

2 responses

Hi Morpheus,

You can find lots of sample algorithms that are well commented in our documentation: https://www.quantopian.com/help#sample-algos

All the best,
Josh

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Also check out the tutorial series to learn the Quantopian API: https://www.quantopian.com/posts/whats-the-best-way-to-get-started

Once you have an idea you'd like to code, try searching the community algorithms to clone an algorithm and build on top of it. When you have something, share it back in the thread! The help documentation will be useful to learn the built-in functions and syntax.

Disclaimer

The material on this website is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell, a solicitation to buy, or a recommendation or endorsement for any security or strategy, nor does it constitute an offer to provide investment advisory services by Quantopian. In addition, the material offers no opinion with respect to the suitability of any security or specific investment. No information contained herein should be regarded as a suggestion to engage in or refrain from any investment-related course of action as none of Quantopian nor any of its affiliates is undertaking to provide investment advice, act as an adviser to any plan or entity subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, individual retirement account or individual retirement annuity, or give advice in a fiduciary capacity with respect to the materials presented herein. If you are an individual retirement or other investor, contact your financial advisor or other fiduciary unrelated to Quantopian about whether any given investment idea, strategy, product or service described herein may be appropriate for your circumstances. All investments involve risk, including loss of principal. Quantopian makes no guarantees as to the accuracy or completeness of the views expressed in the website. The views are subject to change, and may have become unreliable for various reasons, including changes in market conditions or economic circumstances.