The IBKR Quant Blog helps quantitative professionals understand how R, Python, IBKR API, AI, Blockchain and other technologies are transforming financial markets. Here are some articles on these topics:
- 2023 QuantNet Ranking of Best Financial Engineering Programs Contributor: QuantNet. The 2023 QuantNet ranking of Financial Engineering masters programs in the US provides info on admission stats, placement and average starting base salary.
- Understanding the Risks in the Cryptocurrency Market Contributor: Professor Tim Leung, Director, Computational Finance & Risk Management (CFRM) Program at the University of Washington. Professor Leung discussed the risks in the cryptocurrency market and shared that a regulation in the sector is needed.
- 5 Things to Know before Starting Algorithmic Trading Contributor: Chainika Thakar – QuantInsti. Chainika shares insights on 5 prerequisites to consider before starting your algo trading journey.
- Conformal Prediction – A Practical Guide with MAPIE Contributor: Igor Radovanovic – AlgoTrading101 Blog. The author delivers a practical guide on MAPIE and provides an overview of Conformal Prediction, which is used to evaluate uncertainty of predictions in a machine learning environment.
- Python: %run to Import Another Folder’s ipynb Files Contributor: Sang-Heon Lee – SH Fintech Modeling. This tutorial demonstrates how to use %run command to import Jupyter Notebook (ipynb) files from another folder.
Visit the IBKR Quant Blog main page to see the full list of January 2023 articles.
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