Design your own trading strategy – Culminating Project

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Design your own trading strategy – Culminating Project

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About this course: In the culminating project, you will develop new trading strategies, evaluate them using the tools learned in the course, integrate them with the existing portfolio and also develop a plan to start a hedge fund.

Who is this class for: This course is primarily aimed at individual investors and money managers who want to gain the skills required to develop their own trading strategies and make money using them

Created by:  Indian School of Business
  • Taught by:  Ramabhadran Thirumalai, Assistant Professor

    Indian School of Business
Basic Info Course 5 of 5 in the Trading Strategies in Emerging Markets Specialization Level Intermediate Comm…

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When you enroll for courses through Coursera you get to choose for a paid plan or for a free plan

  • Free plan: No certicification and/or audit only. You will have access to all course materials except graded items.
  • Paid plan: Commit to earning a Certificate—it's a trusted, shareable way to showcase your new skills.

About this course: In the culminating project, you will develop new trading strategies, evaluate them using the tools learned in the course, integrate them with the existing portfolio and also develop a plan to start a hedge fund.

Who is this class for: This course is primarily aimed at individual investors and money managers who want to gain the skills required to develop their own trading strategies and make money using them

Created by:  Indian School of Business
  • Taught by:  Ramabhadran Thirumalai, Assistant Professor

    Indian School of Business
Basic Info Course 5 of 5 in the Trading Strategies in Emerging Markets Specialization Level Intermediate Commitment The estimated workload for this course is 4 to 5 hours per week Language English How To Pass Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. Coursework

Each course is like an interactive textbook, featuring pre-recorded videos, quizzes and projects.

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Syllabus


WEEK 1


Week 1 - Learner's Introduction
In this module, you will introduce yourself to the other learners. You can exchange ideas and learn from one another.


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  1. Discussion Prompt: Introduction


WEEK 2


Week 2 - Strategy
In this module you will go through the paper based on 'Pairs Trading' strategy and understand the details of the strategy completely. You will also identify the sector and related sector on which you want to base your strategy.


4 videos, 2 readings expand


  1. Reading: Pairs Trading: Performance of a relative value arbitrage rule - 1
  2. Peer Review: Part a - Pairs Trading Strategy
  3. Video: How to read an academic paper - a
  4. Video: How to read an academic paper - b
  5. Video: How to read an academic paper - c
  6. Video: How to read an academic paper - Abstract
  7. Reading: How to read and get the most out of a journal article


WEEK 3


Week 3 - Data Collection
In this module you will gather the data required to design the strategy. You will pick a pair in the chosen sector and one more pair in the related sector to implement the strategy.


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  1. Reading: Pairs Trading: Performance of a relative value arbitrage rule - 2
  2. Peer Review: Part b - Data Collection


WEEK 4


Week 4 - Strategy Rules
In this module you will formulate the rules required to trade the strategy and execute the strategy.


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  1. Reading: Pairs Trading: Performance of a relative value arbitrage rule - 3
  2. Peer Review: Part c - Trading rules
  3. Video: Piotroski F-Score : Implementation - a
  4. Video: Piotroski F-Score : Implementation - b
  5. Video: Piotroski F-Score : Wrap up


WEEK 5


Week 5 - Strategy Evaluation
In this module, you will evaluate the strategy that you had designed. For this purpose you will make use of various performance measures discussed in the course.


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  1. Peer Review: Part d - Performance Evaluation
  2. Video: Measuring portfolio or fund returns
  3. Video: Benchmarks for portfolio performance evaluation
  4. Video: Alternate performance measures


WEEK 6


Week 6 - Grading Rubric
In this final module, you will use the grading rubric to evaluate the projects submitted by the other learners.




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