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Hello I am undergraduate computer science student.I do a lot of competitive programming and recently got interested in Algo-trading.I am looking at the tutorials on algo trading and all seem to be scattered and i am really confused.Please can somebody get me started.?
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Harshil Sokhadia
Bryan Fletcher | FXCM
Hi Harshil,
It’s easy to get overwhelmed with the amount of information available. I’ve read a lot on this topic over the years and if I had to pick just a few resources to start, the following should give you a variety of ideas and basic framework.
Reading is good, but is no substitute for what you’ll learn by just testing different ideas with backtests and building from there.
Blogs:
http://www.financial-hacker.com
http://epchan.blogspot.com
I did a recent interview with Ernie here and his CTO here.
Books
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
Timeless classic with great insight into crowd psychology and the nature of the market. Also a great cautionary tale on risk management.
Harshil Sokhadia
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