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Start Learning Quant Finance

posted Jan 8, 2018

Getting Started

Today, we've launched a brand new Getting Started tutorial on Quantopian. Though this might seem like a minor piece of our platform, I think it is one of the most important releases we'll make this year.

Core to our mission at Quantopian is providing the tools and content to teach anyone in the world about quant finance. With over 170,000 registered users, I bet that Quantopian has taught more people about quant finance than any other organization in the world. And to that end, I would guess that we've given more thought to the problem of educating about quant finance than any other single organization.

The culture of Quantopian (both our company and this community) is inextricably tied to a philosophy of learning and helping. After all, one of the very first features built for this website was this forum -- a place anyone can come to get help and learn from others.

For over 6 years, we have been hosting meetups, running workshops, developing lecture content, running conferences and of course improving our platform and software. All of this work touches every Quantopian employee and thousands of quant finance practitioners. And it is all focused on helping anyone succeed in understanding quant finance.

This new getting started tutorial reflects everything we've learned about teaching quant finance. It introduces the proper research workflow. It introduces the right tools for each job. And it introduces the right practical concepts.

For veterans of our platform, it will be worth a look. You might find a new tool or a step or a different approach that you don't utilize.

For new community members, what are you waiting for? The best tutorial on quantitative finance we've ever written is waiting for you. Today's the day! Get started learning quant finance right now.

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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.

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Unbelievable how much knowledge has been put in that concise, clear and very elegant tutorial. I have been thinking for a long time how could a new user get familiar with Quantopian platform now that it is so broad. This tutorial was very much needed. Well done and kudos to the author(s).

As a dedicated student of quant finance, this is very exciting news. I am very honored to be apart of the Quantopian community

Tutorial Analysis

# Import feedback  
from Mary.Quant import feedback

# Get reaction from a new starter  
newstarter_reaction = very.impressed

I hope I speak for many on here in saying that the quality of content available to learn from is TOP NOTCH. Y'all are giving me a chance to explore my passion for free, prohibiting cost as a deterrent to pursue my goals and dreams.

Keep up the good work !

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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.

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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.