Course Calendar
Readings marked with an asterisk are optional.
| Week # | Week Of | Lessons | Readings/Videos | Assignment | Assignment Due Date |
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| 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* |
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| 5 | 09/14/2020 | 02-01 02-02 |
What Hedge Funds Really Do Ch. 2 & 4 |
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 |
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| 8 | 10/05/2020 | 02-07 02-08 |
Market Simulator What Hedge Funds Really Do Ch. 8 & 12 |
10/11/2020 Exam Window: 10/05/2020 – 10/11/2020 |
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| 9 | 10/12/2020 | The Big Short Time Series Data (First 30 Minutes) Technical Trading |
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) |
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| 16 | 11/30/2020 | Exam 2 | Exam Window: 11/30/2020 – 12/06/2020 | ||
| 17 | 12/07/2020 | CIOS Survey |