Course Calendar

Week # Week Of Lessons Readings/Videos Assignment Assignment Due Date
1 05/17/2021 01-01
01-02
01-03
01-04
Python for Finance Ch. 4*
Python for Finance Ch. 6*
2 05/24/2021 01-05
01-06
01-07
01-08
Python for Finance Ch. 5*

Project 1

Start-of-Course Survey

05/30/2021
3 05/31/2021 01-09
03-01
03-02
03-03
03-04
Python for Finance Ch. 11*
Machine Learning Ch. 1*
Machine Learning Ch. 8*
Project 2 06/06/2021
4 06/07/2021 02-01
02-02
02-03
Suntrust Visit*
Decision Trees 1
Decision Trees 2
Machine Learning Ch. 3*

Project 3

Quarter-Course Survey

06/13/2021
5 06/014/2021 02-04
02-05
02-06
Is the stock market rigged?
What Hedge Funds Really Do Ch. 2, 4, 5, & 7
Project 4 06/20/2021
6 06/21/2021 02-07
02-08
Market Simulator
What Hedge Funds Really Do Ch. 8 & 12
Exam 1 06/27/2021
7 06/28/2021 02-09
02-10
The Big Short
Time Series Data (First 30 Minutes)
Technical Trading
Project 5 07/04/2021
8 07/05/2021 03-05
03-06
Decision Tree-Based Trading I
Decision Tree-Based Trading II
What Hedge Funds Really Do Ch. 9

Project 6

Mid-Course Survey

07/11/2021
9 07/12/2021 03-07 Navigation Project
Machine Learning Ch. 13*
Project 7
Extra Credit
07/18/2021
10 07/19/2021 Strategies for Q-Learner Trader
Options Trading
Project 8 07/25/2021
11 07/26/2021 Exam 2 08/01/2021
12 08/2/2021 End-of-Course Survey 08/06/2021