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The framework is based on the book <em>Building Algorithmic Trading Systems: A Trader's Journey From Data Mining to Monte Carlo Simulation to Live Trading</em> by <NAME>:

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1118778987/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1118778987&linkCode=as2&tag=zhangtaihaome-20&linkId=051c19bc6e88920e64d2867980be36d4"><img border="0" src="//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=1118778987&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL250_&tag=zhangtaihaome-20" ></a><img src="//ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=zhangtaihaome-20&l=am2&o=1&a=1118778987" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />

This page will be continually updated with links to external resources found to be useful. <strong>Use your own judgment to decide whether each is suitable for you.</strong>


Learning to trade
-----------------

<em>Note: Use the following as a guide to start learning. Useful knowledge is most definitely not limited to these lists.</em>

First, if you have absolutely no idea about reasons for changing prices apart from pretty charts and cliches like "it's magic" or "buy low, sell high", start with understanding basic economics:

* <a target="_blank" href="http://www.investopedia.com/university/economics/economics3.asp">Economics Basics: Supply and Demand - Investopedia</a>
* <a target="_blank" href="http://www.investopedia.com/articles/02/101502.asp">What Is Market Efficiency? - Investopedia</a>

It is critical to understand the markets you trade. For the foreign exchange market, the following are good places to start:

* <a target="_blank" href="http://www.investopedia.com/walkthrough/forex/">Forex Walkthrough - Investopedia</a>
* <a target="_blank" href="http://www.babypips.com/school">School of Pipsology - BabyPips.com</a>

Next, since algorithmic trading is highly technical and quantitative, learn as much as you can about trading strategies and technical analysis to get a feel for the mathematical principles behind some of the technical indicators so you can be sufficiently informed to glean the mechanics at work in a trading strategy.

* <a target="_blank" href="http://www.investopedia.com/articles/active-trading/11/four-types-of-active-traders.asp">4 Common Active Trading Strategies - Investopedia</a>
* <a target="_blank" href="https://ta.mql4.com/indicators">Technical Indicators - MQL4</a>
* <a target="_blank" href="http://www.investopedia.com/active-trading/technical-indicators/">Technical Indicators - Investopedia</a>

Since this project is about algorithmic trading, know everything about how other people do it:

* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.quantstart.com/articles/How-to-Identify-Algorithmic-Trading-Strategies">How to Identify Algorithmic Trading Strategies - QuantStart</a>
* <a target="_blank" href="https://book.mql4.com/">MQL4 Book</a> (if using MetaTrader 4)
* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1118460146/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1118460146&linkCode=as2&tag=zhangtaihaome-20&linkId=48af9126dca778cc0c12007e70e4507d">Algorithmic Trading: Winning Strategies and Their Rationale</a> by <NAME>

Finally, if you have access to a public or university library, you can sometimes find interesting books on trading systems to broaden your horizons.


Research
--------

An algorithmic trading career requires constantly diversifying. The following lists link to places where you will find systems, strategies, blogs, etc. that you can validate and reject for yourself.

* <a target="_blank" href="hhttps://www.quantstart.com/">QuantStart</a>
* <a target="_blank" href="hhttps://www.quantstart.com/">Quantocracy</a>
* <a target="_blank" href="http://forums.babypips.com/free-forex-trading-systems/">Forum: Free Forex Trading Systems - BabyPips.com</a>
* <a target="_blank" href="http://www.trade2win.com/">Trade2Win</a>
* <a target="_blank" href="http://www.automated-trading-system.com/">Au.Tra.Sy blog</a>
* <a target="_blank" href="http://systemtradersuccess.com/">System Trader Success</a>
* <a target="_blank" href="http://bettersystemtrader.com/">Better System Trader</a>
* <a target="_blank" href="http://jonathankinlay.com/">Quantitative Research And Trading</a>
* <a target="_blank" href="http://www.quantsportal.com/">Quants Portal</a>
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The framework is based on the book <em>Building Algorithmic Trading Systems: A Trader's Journey From Data Mining to Monte Carlo Simulation to Live Trading</em> by <NAME>:

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1118778987/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1118778987&linkCode=as2&tag=zhangtaihaome-20&linkId=051c19bc6e88920e64d2867980be36d4"><img border="0" src="//ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com/widgets/q?_encoding=UTF8&MarketPlace=US&ASIN=1118778987&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL250_&tag=zhangtaihaome-20" ></a><img src="//ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=zhangtaihaome-20&l=am2&o=1&a=1118778987" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />

This page will be continually updated with links to external resources found to be useful. <strong>Use your own judgment to decide whether each is suitable for you.</strong>


Learning to trade
-----------------

<em>Note: Use the following as a guide to start learning. Useful knowledge is most definitely not limited to these lists.</em>

First, if you have absolutely no idea about reasons for changing prices apart from pretty charts and cliches like "it's magic" or "buy low, sell high", start with understanding basic economics:

* <a target="_blank" href="http://www.investopedia.com/university/economics/economics3.asp">Economics Basics: Supply and Demand - Investopedia</a>
* <a target="_blank" href="http://www.investopedia.com/articles/02/101502.asp">What Is Market Efficiency? - Investopedia</a>

It is critical to understand the markets you trade. For the foreign exchange market, the following are good places to start:

* <a target="_blank" href="http://www.investopedia.com/walkthrough/forex/">Forex Walkthrough - Investopedia</a>
* <a target="_blank" href="http://www.babypips.com/school">School of Pipsology - BabyPips.com</a>

Next, since algorithmic trading is highly technical and quantitative, learn as much as you can about trading strategies and technical analysis to get a feel for the mathematical principles behind some of the technical indicators so you can be sufficiently informed to glean the mechanics at work in a trading strategy.

* <a target="_blank" href="http://www.investopedia.com/articles/active-trading/11/four-types-of-active-traders.asp">4 Common Active Trading Strategies - Investopedia</a>
* <a target="_blank" href="https://ta.mql4.com/indicators">Technical Indicators - MQL4</a>
* <a target="_blank" href="http://www.investopedia.com/active-trading/technical-indicators/">Technical Indicators - Investopedia</a>

Since this project is about algorithmic trading, know everything about how other people do it:

* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.quantstart.com/articles/How-to-Identify-Algorithmic-Trading-Strategies">How to Identify Algorithmic Trading Strategies - QuantStart</a>
* <a target="_blank" href="https://book.mql4.com/">MQL4 Book</a> (if using MetaTrader 4)
* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1118460146/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1118460146&linkCode=as2&tag=zhangtaihaome-20&linkId=48af9126dca778cc0c12007e70e4507d">Algorithmic Trading: Winning Strategies and Their Rationale</a> by <NAME>

Finally, if you have access to a public or university library, you can sometimes find interesting books on trading systems to broaden your horizons.


Research
--------

An algorithmic trading career requires constantly diversifying. The following lists link to places where you will find systems, strategies, blogs, etc. that you can validate and reject for yourself.

* <a target="_blank" href="hhttps://www.quantstart.com/">QuantStart</a>
* <a target="_blank" href="hhttps://www.quantstart.com/">Quantocracy</a>
* <a target="_blank" href="http://forums.babypips.com/free-forex-trading-systems/">Forum: Free Forex Trading Systems - BabyPips.com</a>
* <a target="_blank" href="http://www.automated-trading-system.com/">Au.Tra.Sy blog</a>
* <a target="_blank" href="http://systemtradersuccess.com/">System Trader Success</a>
* <a target="_blank" href="http://bettersystemtrader.com/">Better System Trader</a>
* <a target="_blank" href="http://jonathankinlay.com/">Quantitative Research And Trading</a>
* <a target="_blank" href="http://www.quantsportal.com/">Quants Portal</a>
* <a target="_blank" href="http://www.trade2win.com/">Trade2Win</a>

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