Decoding Alpha: Where Data Science Meets Wall Street.
Crowdsourced trading uses a group’s combined intelligence and expertise, whose members may come from anywhere to improve trading decisions. Traditional hedge funds often use crowdsourced trading to supplement their existing processes. While crowdsourcing has proven useful in other fields, trading …
Statistical arbitrage is a trading strategy class that uses statistical and econometric techniques to exploit historically related financial instruments’ relative mispricings. Statistical arbitrage trading strategies still work as new instruments, exchanges, and financial markets create trading opportunities. What Is Statistical …
Macroeconomics is a branch of economics concerned with large-scale or general economic concepts. Inflation, Unemployment, International Trade, Gross Domestic Product, National Income, and Price Determination are some of Macroeconomics’ primary macroeconomic factors. The two primary Macroeconomic tools that a nation …
Macroeconomic factors are critical economic concerns that significantly impact economies. Common macroeconomic factors include the money supply, inflation, unemployment, gross domestic product, the business cycle, and government debt. Macroeconomic factors affect countries and businesses alike. Macroeconomic Factors Defined A macroeconomic …
The stochastic oscillator is a technical analysis momentum indicator used by traders to determine momentum based on a particular asset’s price history. It shows the close relative to the high-low range across several periods. What Is the Stochastic Oscillator? An …
A stock catalyst is any news or event that leads to an increase or decrease in a stock’s price. Hard catalysts affect the company directly, while soft catalysts affect the company’s industry or global economy. What Is a Stock Catalyst? …
CANSLIM is a bull market trading strategy created by William J. O’Neil. It attempts to identify high-growth stocks before making their largest price gains using seven criteria. The strategy aims to pick stocks before large institutional buying while cutting losses …
What if I told you I would give you $1,000,000 OR the amount of a penny doubled every day for a month? If you’re like most people, you would probably think that one million dollars sounds like a lot more …
Alternative data includes any information containing potential investing insight that is not a traditional data source. A company’s investor relations department publishes this information, including financial statements, SEC filings, press releases, and marketing presentations. While traditional data will always have …
Moving averages are a technical analysis tool that smooths price data over a specific period. This smoothed price line helps limit the impact of random, short-term market movements that make it harder for traders to spot trends. We will cover …