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Applied quantitative finance in Python

Summary

The course is aimed at expanding students' ability to formulate, solve and subsequently interpret practical problems in the field of quantitative finance with the support of the Python programming language. Attention is paid especially to practical applications of individual models and approaches, in which students are expected to have at least basic theoretical knowledge and orientation.

Literature

BRUGIÈRE, Pierre. Quantitative portfolio management: with applications in Python. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2020. Springer texts in business and economics. ISBN 978-3-030-37739-7.
HILPISCH, Yves J. Financial theory with Python: a gentle introduction. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly, 2021. ISBN 978-1-098-10435-1.
HILPISCH, Yves J. Python for finance: mastering data-driven finance. Second edition. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly, 2018. ISBN 978-1-492-02433-0.

Advised literature

HILPISCH, Yves J. Python for algorithmic trading: from idea to cloud deployment. Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly, 2020. ISBN 978-1-492-05335-4.
LAROSE, Chantal D. and Daniel T. LAROSE. Data science using Python and R. Hoboken: Wiley, 2019. Wiley series on methods and applications in data mining. ISBN 978-1-119-52681-0 .
UNPINGCO, José. Python programming for data analysis. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2021. ISBN 978-3-030-68951-3.


Language of instruction angličtina
Code 154-0571
Abbreviation AQFP
Course title Applied quantitative finance in Python
Coordinating department Department of Finance
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Aleš Kresta, Ph.D.