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Getting Started with Forex Trading Using Python. Beginner’s guide to the currency market and development of trading algorithms

Getting Started with Forex Trading Using Python. Beginner’s guide to the currency market and development of trading algorithms

Alex Krishtop

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Algorithm-based trading is a popular choice for Python programmers due to its apparent simplicity. However, very few traders get the results they want, partly because they aren’t able to capture the complexity of the factors that influence the market. Getting Started with Forex Trading Using Python helps you understand the market and build an application that reaps desirable results.
The book is a comprehensive guide to everything that is market-related: data, orders, trading venues, and risk. From the programming side, you’ll learn the general architecture of trading applications, systemic risk management, de-facto industry standards such as FIX protocol, and practical examples of using simple Python codes. You’ll gain an understanding of how to connect to data sources and brokers, implement trading logic, and perform realistic tests. Throughout the book, you’ll be encouraged to further study the intricacies of algo trading with the help of code snippets.
By the end of this book, you’ll have a deep understanding of the fx market from the perspective of a professional trader. You’ll learn to retrieve market data, clean it, filter it, compress it into various formats, apply trading logic, emulate the execution of orders, and test the trading app before trading live.
  • 1. Developing Trading Strategies – Why They Are Different
  • 2. Using Python for Trading Strategies
  • 3. FX Market Overview from a Developer's Standpoint
  • 4. Trading Application – What’s Inside?
  • 5. Retrieving and Handling Market Data with Python
  • 6. Basics of Fundamental Analysis and Its Possible Use in FX Trading
  • 7. Technical Analysis and Its Implementation in Python
  • 8. Data Visualization in FX Trading with Python
  • 9. Trading Strategies and Their Core Elements
  • 10. Types of Orders and Their Simulation in Python
  • 11. Backtesting and Theoretical Performance
  • 12. Sample Strategy – Trend-Following
  • 13. To Trade or Not to Trade – Performance Analysis
  • 14. Where to Go Now?
  • Title: Getting Started with Forex Trading Using Python. Beginner’s guide to the currency market and development of trading algorithms
  • Author: Alex Krishtop
  • Original title: Getting Started with Forex Trading Using Python. Beginner’s guide to the currency market and development of trading algorithms
  • ISBN: 9781804613535, 9781804613535
  • Date of issue: 2023-03-17
  • Format: Ebook
  • Item ID: e_39x0
  • Publisher: Packt Publishing