Course Calendar

Readings marked with an asterisk are optional.

Week # Week Of Lessons Readings/Videos Assignment Assignment Due Date
1 08/17/2020 01-01
01-02
01-03
01-04
Python for Finance Ch. 4*
Python for Finance Ch. 6*
Start-of-Course Survey
2 08/24/2020 01-05
01-06
01-07
01-08
Python for Finance Ch. 5* Project 1 08/30/2020
3 08/31/2020 01-09
03-01
03-02
Python for Finance Ch. 11*
Machine Learning Ch. 1*
Machine Learning Ch. 8*
Project 2 09/06/2020
4 09/07/2020 03-03
03-04
Suntrust Visit*
Decision Trees 1
Decision Trees 2
Machine Learning Ch. 3*
5 09/14/2020 02-01
02-02
What Hedge Funds Really Do Ch. 2 & 4

Project 3

Quarter-Course Survey

09/20/2020
6 09/21/2020 02-03
02-04
Is the stock market rigged?
What Hedge Funds Really Do Ch. 5, & 7
Project 4 09/27/2020
7 09/28/2020 02-05
02-06
8 10/05/2020 02-07
02-08
Market Simulator
What Hedge Funds Really Do Ch. 8 & 12

Project 5

Exam 1

10/11/2020

Exam Window: 10/05/2020 – 10/11/2020

9 10/12/2020 The Big Short
Time Series Data (First 30 Minutes)
Technical Trading

Project 6

Mid-Course Survey

10/18/2020
10 10/19/2020 02-09
02-10
Decision Tree-Based Trading I
Decision Tree-Based Trading II
What Hedge Funds Really Do Ch. 9
10/25/2020
11 10/26/2020 03-05
03-06
Navigation Project
Machine Learning Ch. 13*
Project 7 11/01/2020
12 11/02/2020 03-07 Strategies for Q-Learner Trader
13 11/09/2020 Extra Credit 11/15/2020
14 11/16/2020 Project 8 11/22/2020
15 11/23/2020 Options Trading
Interview with Tammer Kamel (Canvas)
16 11/30/2020 Exam 2 Exam Window: 11/30/2020 – 12/06/2020
17 12/07/2020 CIOS Survey