The Global Financial Crisis told people how 'Quant' can and is being misapplied when greed and fear take over while regulations are insufficient. Every scientific insight/method goes through distortions/compressions as it becomes commonly known, which lead to loss of meaning and accuracy.
10 years ago in India, 'Quant' was a budding space with several firms hiring rapidly, while at the same time their existing professionals were themselves not trained to think like or work with Quants, though yes exceptions existed. While there are several sources on the web now providing information, over the years, the space got filled with misinformation as well.
Amongst all the noise, I came across QuantYog, like a body of water in a desert. I am elated to share that I have completed their Quant Research and Portfolio Management Essentials Certification. It is a well-crafted and correctly directed course to learn how to trade Quantitatively. I would even say that it gave me more value per time & money compared to Quantitative Master's programs and the CFA exams when it comes to Quant Research and Trading.
Complex concepts are taught in an intuitive and sequential manner where learning compounds as we progress towards the end of the course, also involving an applied open ended project and weekly Q&As. The mentorship from top-tier operators is complementary and invaluable at the same time. They cover Programming, Statistics, Financial Markets, Ideation, Backtesting.
Why join the course?
- Active Inquiry: Questions are welcomed and in fact questions that push the boundary of the discussions in the lectures are encouraged. They are answered in the utmost patient manner. At the same time, they don't spoon-feed.
- Objective Standards: Instead of "who's right", what matters is "what's right".
- Filtering Noise: From the amalgam of all the knowledge + misinformation in Programming, Statistics and Financial Markets out there, the right blocks of building a trading strategy with a research thought-process are not only taught but also shown in application.
- Rigorous Mindset: Room is given to wrestle with Statistical thinking.
To get a sneak-peak into the course, you can watch the webinar for free here: Watch Webinar
Shoutout to Ish Singh for curating this course.