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Derek Melchin

Derek Melchin

Building an Algo on Privacy Keywords using TiingoNews

In the latest installment of Idea Streams, we walk you through how to build and backtest a trading strategy that shorts technology companies that are featured in news articles regarding privacy concerns.

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Jared Broad

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LEAN CLI for Streamlining Cloud and Local Workflows

At QuantConnect, we are always looking for ways to improve quants’ experience across all aspects of our platform through timely updates, new features, and responsive quant-support.  To the shared end of making quants lives easier with the best tools, we’ve released LEAN CLI for those quants using, or looking to use, LEAN, the standard-bearer for […]

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    Pioneering Tomorrow’s Trading

    QuantConnect provides a free algorithm backtesting tool and financial data so engineers can design algorithmic trading strategies.

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    Derek Melchin

    Derek Melchin

    Idea Streams #12 – Yield Rates

    Monitor changes in bond yields to avoid market downturns.

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    Derek Melchin

    Derek Melchin

    Idea Streams #11 – Replicating a Goldman Sachs Index Using Quant Strategies

    Take inspiration from institutional researchers to speed up your development process.

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    Derek Melchin

    Derek Melchin

    Idea Streams #10 – Buying Bitcoin

    Scale into Bitcoin with dollar-cost averaging to minimize volatility and market impact.

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    Derek Melchin

    Derek Melchin

    Idea Streams #9 – Seasonal Investing Strategy

    Capture the Christmas rally in consumer cyclical stocks to boost your Sharpe ratio.

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    Derek Melchin

    Derek Melchin

    Idea Streams #8 – Reducing Portfolio Political Risk Using “Trump Beta”

    Reduce political beta in your portfolio to decrease drawdowns and the variance of returns.

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    Derek Melchin

    Idea Streams #7 – Why Is Everyone Buying Gold?

    Apply machine learning with alternative data to detect under-priced gold.

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    Derek Melchin

    Derek Melchin

    Idea Streams #6 – Biden-Trump Impact on Healthcare Stocks

    Capture alpha by using alternative data from gambling websites.

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    Derek Melchin

    Derek Melchin

    Idea Streams #5 – Tail Risk Hedging

    Hedge with put options to improve your Sharpe ratio over the long-term.