Have you ever tried trading the markets with a slingshot? No, I’m not talking about using a slingshot to shoot arrows or rocks at your target. I’m talking about using Scot1and’s Slingshot Trading Setup. In this blog post, I will …
Learn what FRED is and how to use the FRED Python API to access 816,000 US and international timeseries datasets. You can download the code at the Analyzing Alpha GitHub Repo. What Is FRED? FRED, an abbreviation of Federal Reserve Economic …
Explore the wide world of Nasdaq Data Link, your key to tons of free and paid data. This easy-to-understand guide shows you how to use its website and Python API to get the data you need. I use Nasdaq Datalink’s …
Learn how to use the Polygon.io Python API to get historical price data for crypto, stocks, futures, and forex. You can download the code at the Analyzing Alpha GitHub Repo. You can check out my review of why I think polygon.io …
Learn how to insert free minutely crypto price data into PostgreSQL using SQLAlchemy, Python, and Pandas. You download the code at the Analyzing Alpha GitHub Repo. Steps to Insert the Crypto Price Data Below is the Python code demonstrated in …
Learn how to query price data from a PostgreSQL database using SQLAlchemy, Python, and Pandas. You can download the code at the Analyzing Alpha GitHub Repo. Steps to Query Price Data Using SQLAlchemy, Python & Pandas Below is the Python code …
Learn how to connect to a PostgreSQL database using Python and SQLAlchemy. SQLAlchemy allows us to abstract away much of the implementation so we can work with Python to manage our database objects. You can download the code at the Analyzing …
Getting accurate cryptocurrency price data is critical when backtesting discretionary and algorithmic crypto trading strategies. This post covers what I’ve found to be the best free and paid crypto data sources. I also demonstrate how to use Python & Pandas …
Technical analysis is a methodology that uses past price and volume data to predict future prices. Here is a chronicle of the history of technical analysis and the significant events that have led to its evolution. When we set out …
Maximum Favorable Excursion (MFE) is the highest potential profit a trade earns before it is closed. Traders can use MFE to evaluate the trading system’s performance and maximize their profit potential by setting optimal take profit targets. The MFE is …