Lazy Trading Part 1: Set up Home Computer on Windows 10 (Udemy.com)
Learn Computer and Data Science through Algorithmic Trading, set up Trading Environment on Windows
Created by: Vladimir Zhbanko
Last updated March 2024
What you will learn
- Computer Management Tools and Settings
- Using version control to track changes
- Setup Trading Terminals
- Setup Hardware and Trading and Support Software
- Begin to build comprehensive automated trading self-adapting system
- Make your Home Trading Environment more robust
- Replicate Decision Support System/Data Science concepts on other areas rather than Trading
- Develop using Version Control Git and GitHub
- Windows Computer Management Softwares
How it compares
Against the other 278 rated Udemy courses in Trading & Investing on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.2 out of 5higher than 11% of them
- Reviews78#275 of 279 by number of reviews
- Length6.3 hourslonger than 64% of them
- Last updatedMarch 2024earlier than 70% of them
Course Description
"Luck is a preparation to Opportunity" -- Seneca
About the Lazy Trading Courses:
This series of courses is designed to to combine fascinating experience of Algorithmic Trading and at the same time to learn Computer and Data Science! Particular focus is made on building Decision Support System that can help to automate a lot of boring processes related to Trading and also learn Data Science. Several algorithms will be built by performing basic data cycle 'data input-data manipulation - analysis -output'. Provided examples throughout all 7 courses will show how to build very comprehensive system capable to automatically evolve without much manual input.
About this Course: Set up your Trading Environment
This course will cover setting up personal Home Trading Environment using Windows 10 Operating System. At the end of this course we will have a Trading Environment installed and active on the Home Computer. This trading environment will be a basis of a modular system which will be completed during the whole series of courses. We will cover the following topics:
Choosing a hardware (Windows PC)
Learning about basic administrative tools in Windows 10
Install and prepare needed software including Meta Trader 4 Platform
Establish Version Control Tools for Trading Strategies and tools
Outline the Bigger Strategy that aims to automate decisions of the Trader
Set up Development, Test and Production Trading Terminals
Establish Decision Support System using R statistical software and package 'lazytrade'
Making Trading Environment more robust to external factors
"What is that ONE thing very special about this course?"
-- Setting up the computer to be ready 24/7!
This project is containing several courses focused to help you managing your Automated Trading Systems:
Set up your Home Trading Environment
Set up your Trading Strategy Robot
Set up your automated Trading Journal
Statistical Automated Trading Control
Reading News and Sentiment Analysis
Using Artificial Intelligence to detect market status
Building an AI trading system
IMPORTANT: all courses will have a 'quick to deploy' sections as well as sections containing theoretical explanations.
What will you learn apart of trading:
While completing these courses you will learn much more rather than just trading by using provided examples:
Learn and practice to use Decision Support System
Be organized and systematic using Version Control and Automated Statistical Analysis
Learn using R to read, manipulate data and perform Machine Learning including Deep Learning
Learn and practice Data Visualization
Learn sentiment analysis and web scrapping
Learn Shiny to deploy any data project in hours
Get productivity hacks
Learn to automate your tasks and scheduling them
Get expandable examples of MQL4 and R code
What these courses are not:
These courses will not teach and explain specific programming concepts in details
These courses are not meant to teach basics of Data Science or Trading
There is no guarantee on bug free programming
Disclaimer:
Trading is a risk. This course must not be intended as a financial advice or service. Past results are not guaranteed for the future. Significant time investment may be required to reproduce proposed methods and concepts
Instructor Details
- 4.2 Rating
78 Reviews
Vladimir Zhbanko
Hello, I am really excited that you read my little story here!
I am a Chemical Engineer by education, Problem Solver by nature and Instructor by hobby. I was working in Swiss Multinational Companies in various R&D roles. Now I am a freelancer researcher working in the intersection of packaging and digital.
I like to learn and apply modern technology to gain value. I believe that it is very important to always learn new technologies and apply them to reduce inefficiencies by finding complex patterns or applying new methods to close gaps.
I do research and share practical ideas on how to apply computing power to be more productive. For example, collecting data in a smarter way, visualize, build altorithms to analyze data to take a decision.
p.s. I do my best to provide the best possible learning experience. All feedback is welcome!
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Reviews
By Servin A. Loefstop on 5/26/2021
Amazing stuff! If you are interested in learning data science for trading this is it. Btw I'm a beginner and can follow the tutorials perfectly.
By Moshe L Miller on 4/21/2021
I did not expect it to be so technical (a bit above my paygrade!) but the explanations in general helped me through it. Looking forward to the rest...
By hifi Drache on 9/19/2020
Sehr guter Kurs, dieser wird mir Helfen, meine Arbeitsweise an die des Kurses anzupassen. Vielen Dank dafür.
By Florian Assous on 8/25/2020
Looks very promising for the next steps to come!! Thanks for this course, I keep going to the step 2.
By Jose Fernández Larrea on 8/12/2020
Es simplemente introductorio (para montar el entorno, es decir, el PC, los terminales de Trading, el Software necesario...), que por otra parte es lo que decía el autor. Tiene puntos realmente buenos, junto con otros muy básicos (p. ej. como instalar un MetaTrader) aunque bueno, supongo que NO todo el mundo tiene "un minimo de nivel previo" y hay que hacerlo accesible a todo el mundo, con independencia de su nivel... por eso no le pongo las 5 estellas, porque a veces es bastante básico, aunque con algunos buenos puntos, por lo cual tampoco le voy a poner un regular ....
By Jason Snyder on 7/5/2020
No context for a beginner, I have no idea why things are being set up are what things are, what is h20, why 4 terminals with out of order numbering? ...
By Jan Rasehorn on 11/8/2019
Seems to be more a copy of ForexBoat VPS course
By Aldo Santiago on 4/19/2019
Succinct and straight to the point.
By Eric Chemhere on 4/3/2019
In this first part, i followed every step that was provided. I would say this tutorial is the best to set up your home trading environment. Every step is clear and specific, i didnt have any questions. To run the test, i didnt have to shut down the power, i removed the battery of my laptop and unplugged the charger i still got the same result: a robust power failure solution. A good start for me, looking forward to part 2
By Michael Fluch on 4/17/2018
promissing start of the series. looking forward to the next courses
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Overall Score : 84 / 100







