From the course: Algorithmic Trading and Finance Models with Python, R, and Stata Essential Training (2019)
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Quandl and Python
From the course: Algorithmic Trading and Finance Models with Python, R, and Stata Essential Training (2019)
Quandl and Python
- [Instructor] One of the great features about Python is that because it's open source, there's a variety of different third party platforms that have been created to make your life easier and enable you to do more things with Python. In the case of algorithmic trading, one feature you'll want to be aware of is the Quandl platform. Quandl is a free platform that you can register an account for and pull financial data into Python. Quandl, of course, has premium upgrade versions that will allow you to pull more data, but even just registering for the free version is a great place to start. Now, to illustrate the power of Python, we're going to use Jupyter Notebook in this particular case. Be aware that what we're going to do involves installing a third party add-on for Python. You may need admin access to do this, so depending on what machine you're trying to do this on, you might have to run Python through the command or cmd prompt, in which case, you'll want to use the Jupyter…
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