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Just getting started. Want to create a momentum type algo

Hey guys. Just getting started. Have no coding background. I'm starting with the tutorials that Sentdex made. My goal is to first search for stocks that open gapped a certain %. I then want to filter out those that aren't fitting certain parameters of price, avg vol in last 90 days and market cap. That should give me a list of about 10 stocks a day give or take. On those 10 I want to have it determine certain prices at the end of the first minute like the high low and open and then place a stop limit order based on one of those prices. Afterwards I want to set up certain rules for stop loss parameters and limit sell orders at certain % increases. I've done some prospective data collection off finviz and I like the trading stratigy but its hard to enter all the orders quickly on my own in the second minute of trading in the day and also I work so many days I cant participate. Is this something that is doable on quantopian and where is the best place to start? I'm focusing right now on just learning some of the language but then I want to focus on how to develop a pipeline to do that screening for me at the open or at the end of the first minute of the open. After that I will learn how to place orders and how to have it track the prices for me. Problem is, there seems to be SO much information and a huge learning curve. I dont really know where to start.

Thanks,

David

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been watching tutorials and reading about an hour a day for a week and I'm still totally lost lol I cant even figure out how to load and print a set of stocks. pretty big learning curve here