07.08.2020
Github Tagging Integration, Docker CI Setup, Upgraded Futures Margins, New Algorithms and Indicators, Update to .net 4.6.2 – LEAN Release Notes v8406-v8943
This release of updates to LEAN is among one of the biggest yet. With this update, we have been working hard to upgrade your user experience. We upgraded futures margins to improve futures backtesting modelling and behavior, and updated to a newer version of .net (4.6.2). Along with this, we have added LEAN docker files […]
27.07.2020
Why Funds Should Use QuantConnect to Find Alpha
In 2019, the hedge fund space contracted for the fifth year in a row. In 2020, new launches have hit lows not seen since the financial crisis and fund liquidations are the highest since the end of 2015. The industry is in crisis. And as a small handful of global mega funds increasingly grow their […]
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16.07.2020
Introducing QuantConnect Organizations
Today we’re unveiling a new era in power, flexibility, and access for quantitative finance. The QuantConnect Organizations layer allows anyone to harness our platform to launch a quantitative fund, scaling up resources as they grow. Previously, the technical and financial challenges of launching a quantitative fund have stymied new launches, resulting in AUM concentration to […]
04.06.2020
Is the bailout calling for American Airlines’ reform?
The total spent on buybacks for each airline across five years (2016-2020) compared to the 2020 bailout dollar amount the airline received. In spring 2020, in response to COVID-19’s impact, the airline industry negotiated for $25bn+ in federal bailout funds. To date, Alaska, Delta, Southwest, American, JetBlue, and United have announced plans to receive funds. The […]
08.05.2020
Measuring Hope vs. Fear in the S&P500 News
As the world continues to deal with the effects of COVID-19, the market has been filled with news of every emotion. We measured two of these emotions — “hope” and “fear” — in news specifically about the S&P500 companies in early 2020. Powerfully, we can see news of hope battling it out with fear over […]
30.04.2020
QC Top 5 Python Natural Language Processing Libraries
Natural language processing (NLP) techniques automate text-based analysis. There are many tasks NLP techniques can be applied to including search, translation, question answering, part-of-speech tagging, document parsing, and much more. QuantConnect supports several Python libraries for NLP tasks, the top five of which are Natural Language Toolkit(NLTK), Spacy, Gensim, Scikit-Learn, and Beautiful Soup. You can […]
27.04.2020
Into the Belly of the Beast with Laur Aliste
Recently, QuantConnect user Laur Aliste made an incredible chart visualization in his local implementation of LEAN. We talked to him about his story. (Editor’s note: The answers below have been edited slightly for clarity and length.) QuantConnect: Could you share a bit about yourself? Laur: I got involved seven years ago in technology and I’ve […]
22.04.2020
Tutoring Initiative
In response to requests from our community, we will be offering 1-1 remote educational sessions for you, our QuantConnect community members, to help master the QuantConnect API and LEAN. In each session, a QC staff member will work with you on foundational skills for developing with QuantConnect’s API. We know that users come to QuantConnect […]
20.04.2020
Alternative Data’s Rise in Fintech
Alternative data is not a new tool for alpha generation, but the availability of it is. For more than a decade, the sell-side and funds have used nontraditional data to augment their ability to capture alpha. In the last few years, the amount of alternative data collated in raw data sets has grown significantly and […]
20.04.2020
Liquid ETF Competition Winners Spotlight
In November 2019, QuantConnect launched the Liquid ETF Competition. The challenge for participants was to look for alpha within a basket of 72 ETFs selected for their independence from the market, their variety of underlying assets, and other idiosyncratic variables. The competition was sponsored by an institutional client looking for alpha from this specific basket […]