AI4Finance: Hands-On Algorithmic Trading Workshop

​Want to Build Your Own Trading Robot?
Join this hands-on workshop and get practical experience in applying both traditional and AI-driven methods to algorithmic trading using Python.

​In this interactive session, you’ll learn how to implement trading algorithms from scratch. From obtaining essential financial data like OHLCV/candlestick charts and minute-level limit order book data, to generating buy/sell signals, we’ll help you implement and backtest strategies to build a successful algorithmic trading approach.

​What you’ll learn:

• ​How to source and process market data for algorithmic trading

• ​Experimenting with popular algorithms like Simple Moving Averages (SMA)

• ​Using Backtrader to rigorously backtest and refine your strategies in Python

• ​How to evaluate risk and optimize strategies to manage market volatility

• ​Applying these methods to assets like Bitcoin and other tradeable instruments

​Whether you’re a finance professional, data scientist, or AI enthusiast, this workshop will give you the tools to apply AI to real-world trading. You’ll gain practical skills to develop, backtest, and refine your own trading algorithms, while also understanding the importance of risk management in the world of algorithmic trading.