Course Calendar
Readings marked with an asterisk are optional.
| Week # | Week Of | Lessons | Readings/Videos | Assignment | Assignment Due Date |
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| 1 | 01/14/2021 | 01-01 01-02 01-03 01-04 |
Python for Finance Ch. 4* Python for Finance Ch. 6* |
Start-of-Course Survey | |
| 2 | 01/18/2021 | 01-05 01-06 01-07 01-08 |
Python for Finance Ch. 5* | Project 1 | 01/24/2021 |
| 3 | 01/25/2021 | 01-09 03-01 03-02 |
Python for Finance Ch. 11* Machine Learning Ch. 1* Machine Learning Ch. 8* |
Project 2 | 01/31/2021 |
| 4 | 02/01/2020 | 03-03 03-04 |
Suntrust Visit* Decision Trees 1 Decision Trees 2 Machine Learning Ch. 3* |
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| 5 | 02/08/2021 | 02-01 02-02 |
What Hedge Funds Really Do Ch. 2 & 4 |
Quarter-Course Survey |
02/14/2021 |
| 6 | 02/15/2021 | 02-03 02-04 |
Is the stock market rigged? What Hedge Funds Really Do Ch. 5, & 7 |
Project 4 | 02/21/2021 |
| 7 | 02/22/2021 | 02-05 02-06 |
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| 8 | 03/01/2021 | 02-07 02-08 |
Market Simulator What Hedge Funds Really Do Ch. 8 & 12 |
03/07/2021 Exam Window: 03/01/2021 – 03/07/2021 |
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| 9 | 03/08/2021 | The Big Short Time Series Data (First 30 Minutes) Technical Trading |
Mid-Course Survey |
03/14/2021 | |
| 10 | 03/15/2021 | 02-09 02-10 |
Decision Tree-Based Trading I Decision Tree-Based Trading II What Hedge Funds Really Do Ch. 9 |
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| 11 | 03/22/2021 | 03-05 03-06 |
Navigation Project Machine Learning Ch. 13* |
Project 7 | 03/28/2021 |
| 12 | 03/29/2021 | 03-07 | Strategies for Q-Learner Trader | ||
| 13 | 04/05/2021 | Extra Credit | 04/11/2021 | ||
| 14 | 04/12/2021 | Project 8 | 04/18/2021 | ||
| 15 | 04/19/2021 | Options Trading Interview with Tammer Kamel (Canvas) |
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| 16 | 04/26/2021 | Exam 2 | Exam Window: 04/26/2021 – 05/02/2021 | ||
| 17 | 05/03/2021 | CIOS Survey | 05/06/2021 |