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Every Learn-Quant lesson, grouped by track. Each card links to the full write-up with runnable code and worked examples.

Python Fundamentals

Core Python for financial analysis — start here if you are new to code.

  • Python Basics - Comprehensions

    BeginnerPython

    Comprehensions are Python's most elegant way to transform data—replacing loops with readable, performant one-liners. This module teaches list, dict, set comprehensions, generator expressions, and functional tools (map, filter, reduce, accumulate) used constantly in quantitative finance for data cleaning, signal generation, and portfolio calculations.

  • Python Basics - Control Flow

    BeginnerPython

    Control flow structures (if/elif/else, for, while, comprehensions, break, continue) are the foundation of all algorithms. This module teaches how to make decisions, iterate through data, and build the logic patterns used in trading systems, backtests, and risk management tools.

  • Python Basics - Dates and Times

    BeginnerPython

    Markets run on a calendar, not a clock. Interest accrues over days, options

  • Python Basics - Essential Libraries

    BeginnerPython

    A working quant leans on a small set of libraries for almost everything. A few of

  • Python Basics - Functions

    BeginnerPython

    This utility teaches Python functions - the building blocks of modular, reusable code. Learn to write efficient trading algorithms and financial tools using proper function design.

  • Python Basics - Imports and Modules

    BeginnerPython

    Almost every Python program begins with a few import lines. An import is how you

  • Python Basics - NumPy

    BeginnerPython

    Covers the NumPy primitives that appear in virtually every quant codebase — from vectorised return calculations to portfolio variance via the quadratic form. All examples use realistic financial data so the connection between the NumPy API and actual quant work is immediate.

  • Python Basics - Numbers

    BeginnerPython

    After completing this lesson, you'll understand:

  • Python Basics - Pandas

    BeginnerPython

    Covers the Pandas patterns that power real quant research pipelines — from building a synthetic OHLCV DataFrame through rolling indicators, resampling, groupby analysis, and a simple SMA-crossover backtest. Every example is grounded in price data so the link from Pandas API to practical quant work stays concrete.

  • Python Basics - Strings

    BeginnerPython

    This beginner-friendly utility introduces Python string fundamentals through hands-on examples. It is perfect for newcomers following the learning path in Documentation/Programs/level1_fundamentals.py and looking for extra practice manipulating text data.

Data Structures

The right container for the job: arrays, lists, dicts, sets on market data.

  • Data Structures - Arrays

    BeginnerPython

    Welcome to the comprehensive guide to NumPy arrays! This utility is designed to help both beginners and experienced Python programmers master array operations for data analysis, scientific computing, and quantitative finance.

  • Data Structures - Dictionaries

    BeginnerPython

    This utility provides comprehensive Python dictionary operations essential for financial data organization, lookup tables, and key-value mappings. Dictionaries are the backbone of feature engineering and data lookup in quantitative finance.

  • Data Structures - Lists

    BeginnerPython

    Lists are Python's most fundamental data structure—ordered, mutable collections used for storing time series data, portfolio holdings, transaction logs, and any sequence of values. Master list operations and you unlock efficient data processing essential for trading systems and quantitative analysis.

  • Data Structures - Tuples and Sets

    BeginnerPython

    Tuples and Sets are fundamental Python data structures that complement Lists and Dictionaries. Understanding when to use them is key to writing efficient, Pythonic code for financial applications.

Algorithms

Classic computer-science algorithms applied to price and order data.

  • Algorithms - Backtracking

    IntermediatePython

    Backtracking is a general algorithmic technique for solving problems by building candidates incrementally and abandoning a candidate ("backtracking") as soon as it is determined to violate the problem constraints. It is a systematic form of exhaustive search that prunes the search space to avoid exploring clearly invalid paths.

  • Algorithms - Dynamic Programming

    IntermediatePython

    Dynamic Programming (DP) is an algorithmic technique for solving problems by breaking them into overlapping subproblems, solving each subproblem once, and storing the result to avoid redundant computation. It converts exponential-time recursive solutions into polynomial-time ones.

  • Algorithms - Graph

    IntermediatePython

    Graph algorithms operate on structures composed of vertices (nodes) and edges (connections). Many financial problems are naturally modelled as graphs: currency markets form weighted directed graphs, asset correlation matrices define undirected weighted graphs, and order routing networks are flow graphs.

  • Algorithms - Machine Learning

    IntermediatePython

    This module implements fundamental machine learning algorithms from scratch using only NumPy — no scikit-learn or frameworks. Building these algorithms by hand is the most effective way to understand what happens inside the black boxes used in production trading systems.

  • Algorithms - Searching

    IntermediatePython

    Searching algorithms find a target value within a data structure. The choice of algorithm determines whether a search takes O(n) time (checking every element) or O(log n) time (dividing the search space in half each step). In latency-sensitive financial systems, this difference is meaningful at scale.

  • Algorithms - Sorting

    IntermediatePython

    A comprehensive implementation of fundamental sorting algorithms with detailed explanations, complexity analysis, and performance comparisons.

  • Algorithms - String

    IntermediatePython

    String algorithms handle efficient manipulation, searching, and analysis of text data. In quantitative finance, string processing is essential for parsing market data feeds, extracting information from news and filings, matching ticker symbols, and cleaning raw data from APIs.

  • Algorithms - Tree

    IntermediatePython

    Tree data structures organise data hierarchically to enable efficient search, insertion, and deletion. Binary Search Trees (BSTs) and their balanced variants (AVL trees, Red-Black trees) are the foundation of many performance-critical systems in finance, including order book matching engines, index structures for time-series databases, and priority queues for event-driven simulations.

Advanced Python

Production engineering: async, OOP, concurrency, resilient error handling.

  • Advanced Python - AsyncIO

    IntermediatePython

    In quantitative finance, speed is edge. Python's asyncio library allows for concurrency, letting your program handle multiple tasks (like fetching data from 10 different exchanges) at once, rather than waiting for one to finish before starting the next.

  • Advanced Python - Context Managers

    IntermediatePython

    Context Managers are a powerful Python feature for resource management. They allow you to allocate and release resources precisely when you want to. The most common usage is the with statement.

  • Advanced Python - Decorators and Generators

    IntermediatePython

    Decorators and Generators are powerful Python features that separate professional code from beginner scripts. Decorators allow you to modify function behavior cleanly, while Generators enable memory-efficient processing of large financial datasets.

  • Advanced Python - Error Handling

    IntermediatePython

    Robust error handling is what separates a script that crashes overnight from a professional trading system that runs for years. This module teaches you how to anticipate, catch, and manage errors gracefully.

  • Advanced Python - Multiprocessing

    IntermediatePython

    Python Global Interpreter Lock prevents multiple threads from executing Python bytecode at the same time. This makes threads useless for intense algorithmic work. The multiprocessing module bypasses the lock entirely by spawning separate operating system processes. Each process has its own Python interpreter and memory space, enabling true parallelism across all processing cores.

  • Advanced Python - OOP

    IntermediatePython

    Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) is essential for building scalable, maintainable trading systems and financial applications. Learn to organize code using classes, objects, and OOP principles.

Quantitative Methods

The mathematics underpinning modern finance, implemented from first principles.

  • Quantitative Methods - Bayesian Inference

    AdvancedPython

    A strategy wins 7 of its first 10 trades. Is its true win rate 70%? Almost

  • Quantitative Methods - Bootstrap

    AdvancedPython

    The bootstrap estimates the sampling distribution of any statistic by resampling the observed data with replacement — no normality assumption required. It is the honest way to put confidence intervals around backtest metrics like Sharpe ratio, mean return, or maximum drawdown.

  • Quantitative Methods - Cointegration

    AdvancedPython

    Cointegration: two non-stationary series whose linear combination is stationary. Backbone of statistical arbitrage and pairs trading.

  • Quantitative Methods - Copulas

    AdvancedPython

    This module demonstrates the concept of Copulas, specifically the Gaussian Copula, used in quantitative finance to model the dependency structure between multivariate random variables.

  • Quantitative Methods - Extreme Value Theory

    AdvancedPython

    Most risk models assume returns are normally distributed. They are not —

  • Quantitative Methods - Factor Models

    AdvancedPython

    Factor models explain asset returns as a linear combination of systematic factors plus a stock-specific residual. The Fama-French 3-Factor Model (1992) extended CAPM by adding two well-documented risk premia: the Size premium (SMB) and the Value premium (HML), dramatically improving the explanation of cross-sectional stock returns.

  • Quantitative Methods - GARCH

    AdvancedPython

    GARCH (Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity) captures volatility clustering — high-volatility days tend to follow high-volatility days. Used for risk forecasting, option pricing, and VaR.

  • Quantitative Methods - Hypothesis Testing

    AdvancedPython

    You found an edge. The average daily return of your strategy is positive, one

  • Quantitative Methods - Interest Rate Models

    AdvancedPython

    Continuous-time models for the evolution of the short (instantaneous) interest rate. Used for bond pricing, interest rate derivatives, and yield curve modeling.

  • Quantitative Methods - Kalman Filter

    AdvancedPython

    This module provides a pure Python implementation of a 1-Dimensional Kalman Filter. Kalman filters are recursive algorithms used to estimate the state of a linear dynamic system from a series of noisy measurements.

  • Quantitative Methods - Linear Algebra

    AdvancedPython

    Linear algebra is the mathematical foundation for portfolio optimization, risk modeling, factor analysis, and quantitative finance. This utility teaches essential concepts through practical financial applications.

  • Quantitative Methods - Markov Chains

    AdvancedPython

    A Markov chain models a system that hops between a finite set of states

  • Quantitative Methods - Numerical Methods

    AdvancedPython

    Most of the formulas in finance cannot be solved with algebra. There is no

  • Quantitative Methods - Optimization

    AdvancedPython

    Optimization is the mathematical engine behind modern finance. From finding the best portfolio weights to calibrating complex models, optimization techniques are essential for quantitative analysts.

  • Quantitative Methods - Performance Analysis

    AdvancedPython

    This module provides quantitative performance metrics to evaluate risk-adjusted returns and the quality of investment strategies. Beyond simple metrics like the Sharpe Ratio, these tools help quants analyze tail risk, active management skill, and the statistical properties of return series.

  • Quantitative Methods - Principal Component Analysis

    AdvancedPython

    PCA finds the orthogonal directions that explain the most variance in a dataset. In finance it powers yield-curve decomposition (level/slope/curvature), statistical factor extraction, dimensionality reduction, and covariance de-noising.

  • Quantitative Methods - Regime Detection

    AdvancedPython

    Identifies distinct market states (bull/bear, low/high volatility) using statistical methods. Regime-aware strategies adapt parameters to the current market environment.

  • Quantitative Methods - Regression Analysis

    AdvancedPython

    Regression analysis is the statistical "Swiss Army Knife" of quantitative finance. It allows you to quantify relationships between variables, such as how a stock moves relative to the market (Beta) or how factors drive returns.

  • Quantitative Methods - Statistics

    AdvancedPython

    This utility provides comprehensive statistical analysis tools essential for quantitative finance, risk management, and investment analysis. Statistics forms the foundation for understanding financial data patterns, risk assessment, and predictive modeling.

  • Quantitative Methods - Stochastic Processes

    AdvancedPython

    Stochastic processes are mathematical models for random systems evolving over time. In finance, they are used to model asset prices, interest rates, and volatility for pricing derivatives and managing risk.

  • Quantitative Methods - TVM

    AdvancedPython

    This utility provides comprehensive Time Value of Money (TVM) calculations essential for financial analysis, investment evaluation, and capital budgeting. TVM is the foundation of quantitative finance and corporate finance.

  • Quantitative Methods - Time Series

    AdvancedPython

    This utility introduces core time-series techniques used in quantitative finance. It serves as a bridge between the intermediate and advanced curriculum (Documentation/Programs/level3_financial.py and level4_advanced.py) and gives you reusable helpers for analyzing historical price data.

Options, Derivatives & Finance

Pricing, Greeks, fixed income and valuation of financial instruments.

  • Advanced Options Pricing

    IntermediatePython

    This module covers advanced mathematical techniques for pricing financial derivatives. The focus is on models beyond the standard assumptions. Rather than assuming constant volatility, we explore dynamic and local volatility models. These models are crucial for correctly valuing exotic options and managing the risks of complex derivatives portfolios.

  • Black-Scholes Option Pricing

    IntermediatePython

    This module lets you price basic stock options (calls and puts) using the Black-Scholes formula, a foundation of modern financial analysis.

  • Bond Price and Yield

    IntermediatePython

    This utility lets you calculate the fair price of a bond or estimate its yield to maturity (YTM), two of the most basic (and important!) ideas in investing.

  • CAPM

    IntermediatePython

    CAPM is the idea that won a Nobel Prize and still anchors how the industry

  • Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)

    IntermediatePython

    This tool calculates the present value of a series of future cash flows—the basic principle behind valuing businesses, real estate, projects, and stocks!

  • Dividend Tracker

    IntermediatePython

    This utility does NOT use any external APIs. All data is managed locally for learning and experimentation.

  • Finance - Beta Calculator

    IntermediatePython

    Beta measures how much a stock or portfolio moves compared to the overall market.

  • Finance - Correlation Analysis

    IntermediatePython

    Analyze correlations between financial instruments for portfolio construction and risk management.

  • Finance - Covariance Estimation

    IntermediatePython

    Sample covariance is noisy and often poorly conditioned with many assets. Shrinkage estimators blend sample covariance with a structured target for more stable portfolio optimization.

  • Finance - Credit Risk

    IntermediatePython

    The Merton (1974) structural credit model treats a firm's equity as a call option on its assets. Default occurs when asset value falls below debt face value at maturity.

  • Finance - Duration Convexity

    IntermediatePython

    Fixed income sensitivity measures that quantify how bond prices respond to changes in interest rates.

  • Finance - Exotic Options

    IntermediatePython

    Monte Carlo pricing for path-dependent options that have no simple closed-form solution (or where the path matters, not just the terminal price).

  • Finance - Expected Shortfall

    IntermediatePython

    Expected Shortfall (ES), also called Conditional Value at Risk (CVaR), measures the expected loss given that losses exceed the VaR threshold. It is a coherent risk measure — unlike VaR, it captures tail severity, not just frequency.

  • Finance - FX Tools

    IntermediatePython

    Core analytics for foreign exchange markets: no-arbitrage pricing, option valuation, and cross-rate calculations.

  • Finance - Greeks Calculator

    IntermediatePython

    The Options Greeks measure the sensitivity of an option's price to changes in underlying market parameters. They are the primary tools used by options traders and risk managers to understand, hedge, and monitor options positions.

  • Finance - Implied Volatility Surface

    IntermediatePython

    Black-Scholes turns volatility into a price. The market runs the formula

  • Finance - Kelly Criterion

    IntermediatePython

    The Kelly Criterion determines the optimal fraction of capital to allocate to maximize the long-run geometric growth rate of wealth.

  • Finance - Options Strategies

    IntermediatePython

    Options strategies combine multiple option legs (calls and puts at different strikes and expiries) to create specific risk/reward profiles. Rather than taking a directional bet with a single option, multi-leg strategies allow traders to express nuanced views on direction, volatility, time decay, and risk limits.

  • Finance - Position Sizing

    IntermediatePython

    Position sizing is the most underrated skill in quantitative trading. A strategy with a mediocre edge and excellent position sizing will outperform a brilliant strategy with reckless sizing. This module covers four fundamental frameworks every trader and quant must understand before risking real capital.

  • Finance - Transaction Cost Analysis

    IntermediatePython

    Tools for measuring execution quality and estimating market impact. TCA is essential for evaluating whether a strategy's theoretical alpha survives real-world trading costs.

  • Finance - Volatility Calculator

    IntermediatePython

    Calculate various volatility metrics for financial instruments.

  • Finance - Yield Curve

    IntermediatePython

    The yield curve is the most closely watched chart in global finance. It plots interest rates (yields) across different maturities for bonds of equal credit quality — most commonly US Treasury bonds. Its shape and movements drive pricing for virtually every financial asset, from mortgages to corporate bonds to equity discount rates.

  • Monte Carlo Simulation - JavaScript

    IntermediateJavaScript

    A pure JavaScript Monte Carlo engine for portfolio simulation and European option pricing via geometric Brownian motion (GBM). Implements correlated multi-asset paths using Cholesky decomposition, antithetic variates for variance reduction, and VaR/CVaR estimation from the simulated return distribution. No external dependencies — runs directly in Node.js.

  • Options Chain Simulator

    IntermediatePython

    This utility does NOT use any external APIs. All calculations are done locally for learning and experimentation.

  • Options Pricing - Binomial Tree

    IntermediatePython

    Black-Scholes hands you a price but hides the mechanics and **cannot value an

  • Options Pricing - JavaScript

    IntermediateJavaScript

    A pure JavaScript implementation of the Black-Scholes European options pricing model with all five Greeks and implied volatility via bisection. No external dependencies — runs directly in Node.js and can be imported as a module into any JS project.

  • Technical Indicators

    IntermediatePython · JavaScript

    This utility does NOT use any external APIs. All calculations are done locally for learning and experimentation.

Risk & Performance

Measure what can go wrong and how well a strategy actually performed.

  • Finance - Calmar Ratio

    IntermediatePython

    The Sharpe ratio judges a strategy by how much its returns wobble around their

  • Finance - Information Ratio

    IntermediatePython

    When a portfolio is judged against a benchmark, what matters is how much it beat the benchmark by — and how reliably. These are the core metrics of active management: active return, tracking error, Information Ratio, and the appraisal ratio.

  • Finance - Performance Attribution

    IntermediatePython

    Brinson decomposition splits portfolio active return into allocation and selection effects — answering "did we beat the benchmark by picking the right sectors or the right stocks?"

  • Risk Metrics

    IntermediatePython

    This module gives you quick, professional stats about risk in any list or array of investment returns. It's used by investors, analysts, and students everywhere!

  • Risk Metrics - Drawdown Analysis

    IntermediatePython

    Comprehensive drawdown metrics for quantifying portfolio loss risk over time. Drawdown measures capture both the depth and duration of losses — dimensions VaR ignores.

  • Risk Metrics - Stress Testing

    IntermediatePython

    Stress tests answer: "What happens if 2008 repeats?" or "How big a shock kills the portfolio?" Required by Basel III, CCAR, and most institutional risk frameworks.

  • Sharpe and Sortino Ratio

    IntermediatePython

    This utility offers easy-to-use Python functions to calculate Sharpe and Sortino ratios for financial returns. These ratios help you understand whether a series of investment returns is attractive on a risk-adjusted basis.

  • Value at Risk (VaR)

    IntermediatePython

    Value at Risk is the single most widely quoted number in financial risk

Portfolio Management

Construct, optimise and rebalance multi-asset portfolios.

  • Monte Carlo Portfolio Simulator

    AdvancedPython

    This utility helps you forecast possible futures for a portfolio using random simulations—a key idea in finance, risk management, and statistics!

  • Portfolio Management

    AdvancedPython

    This folder contains utilities for portfolio management, risk analysis, and investment optimization.

  • Portfolio Management - Black Litterman

    AdvancedPython

    The Black-Litterman (1990) model addresses the instability of mean-variance optimization by blending market equilibrium returns with investor views using Bayesian updating.

  • Portfolio Management - Risk Parity

    AdvancedPython

    Risk parity builds a portfolio where every asset contributes the same amount of risk to the total — not the same amount of capital. A naive 60/40 stock/bond portfolio is ~90% equity risk despite being only 60% equity capital; risk parity fixes that imbalance.

  • Portfolio Optimizer

    AdvancedPython

    This utility helps you find the best mix of assets for a portfolio, balancing risk and return using the foundation of Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT).

  • Portfolio Tracker

    AdvancedPython

    This utility uses the yfinance API to fetch current prices automatically. All other calculations and data are managed locally for learning and experimentation.

Strategies

End-to-end trading strategies with signals, backtests and execution.

  • Order Execution Simulator

    AdvancedPython

    This utility does NOT use any external APIs. All trades and portfolio data are managed locally for learning and experimentation.

  • Strategies - Backtesting Engine

    AdvancedPython

    A backtest answers one question: *if I had traded this rule, what would have

  • Strategies - Market Making

    AdvancedPython

    Implementation of the Avellaneda-Stoikov (2008) continuous-time market making model. A dealer posts bid/ask quotes to maximize expected PnL while penalizing inventory accumulation.

  • Strategies - Mean Reversion

    AdvancedPython

    Mean reversion is the statistical tendency for an asset's price to return to its historical average after deviating from it. While Momentum strategies bet on continuation, Mean Reversion strategies bet on reversal — buying when something is "too cheap" and selling when it is "too expensive" relative to recent history.

  • Strategies - Momentum Trading

    AdvancedPython

    Momentum trading is a strategy that capitalizes on the continuance of existing trends in the market. The core philosophy is "buy high, sell higher." If an asset's price is rising strongly, momentum traders assume it will continue to rise.

  • Strategies - Pairs Trading

    AdvancedPython

    This module demonstrates a statistical arbitrage strategy known as Pairs Trading. It identifies two assets that move together and trades the convergence of their spread. When the correlation weakens temporarily, executing trades on both assets allows for capturing profits as they revert to their historical relationship. This quantitative technique relies strictly on mathematical relationships rather than fundamental valuation.

  • Strategies - Statistical Arbitrage

    AdvancedPython

    This module demonstrates a basic Statistical Arbitrage strategy, specifically pairs trading.

  • Strategies - Trend Following

    AdvancedPython

    Trend-following: ride momentum with discipline. Backbone of CTAs and managed-futures funds (AHL, Winton, Man, MLP). Profits from extended directional moves; pays for it during chop.

AI & Machine Learning

Data-driven models: random forests, deep learning, RL and NLP for markets.

  • AI Development

    AdvancedPython · JavaScript

    Command-line chatbots for Google's Gemini API, implemented in both Python and Node.js. This module demonstrates how to integrate a hosted large language model into a simple interactive application.

  • Learning Platform

    AdvancedPython

    An all-in-one learning hub that delivers progressive Python lessons through both a guided CLI and a hostable Flask web interface. Lessons combine narrative walkthroughs, executable code examples, mini quizzes, and follow-up practice ideas geared toward aspiring quantitative developers.

  • Machine Learning - Feature Engineering

    AdvancedPython

    The dirty secret of quant machine learning: the model is rarely the bottleneck.

  • Machine Learning - Gradient Descent

    AdvancedPython

    Gradient descent is the engine inside almost every model that learns. The idea

  • Machine Learning - K-Means Clustering

    AdvancedPython

    Given a few hundred stocks and their return characteristics, which ones behave

  • Machine Learning - Logistic Regression

    AdvancedPython

    Linear regression predicts a number. Logistic regression predicts a

  • Machine Learning - Random Forest

    AdvancedPython

    This module provides a basic implementation of a Random Forest Predictor for quantitative finance. It uses scikit-learn's RandomForestRegressor to predict time series data or returns based on a set of features.

  • Machine Learning Time Series

    AdvancedPython

    Applying incredibly sophisticated statistical and advanced computational matrix calculating algorithms to historical sequential asset prices explicitly enables quantitative researchers to discover heavily latent non linear correlation patterns. Standard basic linear techniques lack the internal theoretical mapping memory required to fully process continuous progression data natively. Therefore, explicit sequential data pattern prediction necessitates deeply specialized memory architectures uniquely capable of successfully retaining vast contextual numerical memory safely across thousands of chronologically independent market observations simultaneously.

  • Reinforcement Learning Q Learning

    AdvancedPython

    This module extensively covers the core mathematical algorithms necessary to construct entirely autonomous quantitative execution agents. Rather than relying on rigid statistical parameters or explicit condition based trading logic, reinforcement learning allows an agent to discover the most optimal sequences of action through continuous simulated trial and error. The intelligent agent dynamically interprets complex environmental states and receives explicit scalar rewards or punitive penalties based directly upon its transactional profitability and risk management threshold maintenance. Over thousands of episodes, the model organically maps the market mechanics to develop a mathematically optimal trading policy without human intervention.

  • Sentiment Analysis on News

    AdvancedPython

    This utility does NOT use any external APIs. All sentiment analysis is done locally using a simple rule-based approach for learning and experimentation.

Market Microstructure

Order books, spreads and the low-latency mechanics of how trades happen.

  • High Frequency Trading

    AdvancedPython

    High Frequency Trading (HFT) encompasses algorithmic strategies that execute a large number of orders at extremely high speeds — typically microseconds to milliseconds. HFT firms compete primarily on latency: the fastest participant to react to new information captures the profit.

  • Market Microstructure

    AdvancedPython

    Market microstructure studies how trading mechanisms — the rules, protocols, and participants in a market — affect price formation, liquidity, and transaction costs. Understanding microstructure is essential for designing realistic execution algorithms, building order books, estimating market impact, and analysing bid-ask spreads.

Utilities & Tools

The plumbing: data ingestion, logging, FX, calendars and helpers.

  • Core Utilities

    BeginnerPython

    This folder contains core mathematical and date/time utilities that form the foundation for quantitative finance calculations.

  • Currency Converter

    BeginnerPython

    This utility does NOT use any external APIs. All exchange rates are entered manually for learning and experimentation.

  • Data Processing

    BeginnerPython

    This folder contains utilities for data processing, validation, and manipulation in financial applications.

  • Economic Calendar

    BeginnerPython

    This utility does NOT use any external APIs. All data is managed locally for learning and experimentation.

  • Historical Data

    BeginnerJavaScript

    A Node.js script that fetches historical bars (OHLCV data) for stocks or crypto from the Alpaca Market Data API. It prompts interactively for the symbol type, symbol, timeframe, and date range, then prints the results as JSON.

  • Logging

    BeginnerPython · JavaScript

    A pair of minimal, dependency-light logging utilities implemented in both Python and JavaScript. Each supports adding, reading, editing, and deleting log entries through an interactive command-line menu. All entries are persisted to a plain-text log.txt file in the working directory.

  • Market Data

    BeginnerPython

    This folder contains utilities for processing, analyzing, and fetching market data for financial applications.

  • News Fetching

    BeginnerJavaScript

    This utility provides a Google News headline scraper using the google-news-json package. It no longer requires any API keys, making it ideal for beginners who want to experiment with news-driven trading ideas or sentiment analysis without signing up for external services.

  • System Utilities

    BeginnerPython

    This folder contains utilities for system-level operations, file management, and configuration in financial applications.

  • Websocket Connection

    BeginnerPython

    This project provides WebSocket clients for connecting to various financial data providers, including YFLive and Finnhub. These utilities are designed for real-time market data streaming and analysis.