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ððððŸð ððððððð ðŸððððð: Our first finance course is ððð ðððð! Aspiring quants should use this link to enroll: socratica.com/courses/stock-options
ððððŒððŸð ðŸðððððð from Socratica
socratica.com/pages/finance-courses
ð ¿ïž ðŸð€ð£ð£ððð© ð¬ðð©ð ðªðš ð€ð£ ððŒððððð
patreon.com/socratica
ð¬ððð ðŸððððð ðŸððððð ðððð - Quantitative Finance
ðððððð ðð ð¬ððð£ ð©ðð ðð€ðªð§ðšð ð¡ððªð£ððððš:
ð snu.socratica.com/quantitative-finance
ðððð© ððš ð ððªðð£ð©?
Quantitative Finance is not stock picking. It's not vibes-based investing. Itâs math, data, and codeâused to build models, manage risk, and trade intelligently across global markets.
Weâll walk through:
- How returns and risk are modeled using probability distributions
- Why correlation and high-dimensional statistics matter
- What pair trading isâand how to profit even when the market goes down
- How portfolios are constructed using optimization
This is the real foundation behind quant finance, the kind youâll need to master if you want to work at a hedge fund or trading firmâor build your own.
ð ðªð¢ð¥ ð©ð€ ðððððð§ðð£ð© ð©ð€ð¥ðððš:
0:00 Intro - What do Quants do?
0:46 Return
1:34 The bell curve
2:04 Normal Distribution
2:37 Mean & Standard Deviation (risk)
3:08 Correlation
3:16 2D Normal Distributions
3:40 What is our course like?
3:54 More stocks = more dimensions
4:42 Short selling
5:15 Pair Trading example
7:55 Portfolio Construction
8:43 Portfolio Returns
9:00 Objective Function
9:32 Portfolio Constraints
9:53 Market Neutral
10:16 Trading
10:39 Machine Learning & Alternative Data
11:05 High Frequency Trading (HFT)
ððš ð©ððð§ð ð ðŸð€ðªð§ðšð?
If youâre serious about becoming a quant, we're building a course that doesn't waste your time. No filler. Just clean code, focused projects, and a deep dive into the tools used by professionals.
Connect with us to learn when the Quantitative Finance course launches:
ð snu.socratica.com/quantitative-finance
ððŒððŸð ðððð: ðððððŒð ð¿ððððððœðððððð
â¶ïž youtu.be/xlxaa9YhT6A
ð¿ðððððŒððððð
â¶ïž youtu.be/GmHNYPrtwD4
ðð ðððŸðððððð¿
Paul Wilmott Introduces Quantitative Finance
ð amzn.to/3Qe8zab
The Big Short (movie)
ð¬ amzn.to/4jbl5DJ
ðŒðœððð our Instructor:
Michael Harrison earned his BS in Math from Caltech, and did his graduate work in Math at UC Berkeley and University of Washington, specializing in Number Theory. A self-taught programmer, Michael taught both Math and Computer Programming at the college level. He applied this knowledge as a financial analyst (quant) and as a programmer at Google.
ðððœððŸðððœð to Socratica:
ðŠ bit.ly/SocraticaSubscribe
ððððððð Socratica on Patreon:
ð ¿ïž patreon.com/socratica
We'd like to send a special thank you to our VIP Patrons at Patreon! Our patrons are the ones who make it possible for us to take the time to create new courses, doing the months of research, writing, and planning that give our courses that extra something. NSS North Houston Space Society, William Riancho, Thomas Myers, KW, M Andrews, Jim Woodworth, Marcos Silveira, Christopher Kemsley, Eric Eccleston, Jeremy Shimanek, Michael Shebanow, Kevin B, John Krawiec, Umar Khan, and the wonderful Tracy Karin Prell are our VIP Patrons!
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#Quants #Quantitativefinance #Stocks
ððððŸð ððððððð ðŸððððð: Our first finance course is ððð ðððð! Aspiring quants should use this link to enroll: socratica.com/courses/stock-options
ððððŒððŸð ðŸðððððð from Socratica
socratica.com/pages/finance-courses
ð ¿ïž ðŸð€ð£ð£ððð© ð¬ðð©ð ðªðš ð€ð£ ððŒððððð
patreon.com/socratica
ð¬ððð ðŸððððð ðŸððððð ðððð - Quantitative Finance
ðððððð ðð ð¬ððð£ ð©ðð ðð€ðªð§ðšð ð¡ððªð£ððððš:
ð snu.socratica.com/quantitative-finance
ðððð© ððš ð ððªðð£ð©?
Quantitative Finance is not stock picking. It's not vibes-based investing. Itâs math, data, and codeâused to build models, manage risk, and trade intelligently across global markets.
Weâll walk through:
- How returns and risk are modeled using probability distributions
- Why correlation and high-dimensional statistics matter
- What pair trading isâand how to profit even when the market goes down
- How portfolios are constructed using optimization
This is the real foundation behind quant finance, the kind youâll need to master if you want to work at a hedge fund or trading firmâor build your own.
ð ðªð¢ð¥ ð©ð€ ðððððð§ðð£ð© ð©ð€ð¥ðððš:
0:00 Intro - What do Quants do?
0:46 Return
1:34 The bell curve
2:04 Normal Distribution
2:37 Mean & Standard Deviation (risk)
3:08 Correlation
3:16 2D Normal Distributions
3:40 What is our course like?
3:54 More stocks = more dimensions
4:42 Short selling
5:15 Pair Trading example
7:55 Portfolio Construction
8:43 Portfolio Returns
9:00 Objective Function
9:32 Portfolio Constraints
9:53 Market Neutral
10:16 Trading
10:39 Machine Learning & Alternative Data
11:05 High Frequency Trading (HFT)
ððš ð©ððð§ð ð ðŸð€ðªð§ðšð?
If youâre serious about becoming a quant, we're building a course that doesn't waste your time. No filler. Just clean code, focused projects, and a deep dive into the tools used by professionals.
Connect with us to learn when the Quantitative Finance course launches:
ð snu.socratica.com/quantitative-finance
ððŒððŸð ðððð: ðððððŒð ð¿ððððððœðððððð
â¶ïž youtu.be/xlxaa9YhT6A
ð¿ðððððŒððððð
â¶ïž youtu.be/GmHNYPrtwD4
ðð ðððŸðððððð¿
Paul Wilmott Introduces Quantitative Finance
ð amzn.to/3Qe8zab
The Big Short (movie)
ð¬ amzn.to/4jbl5DJ
ðŒðœððð our Instructor:
Michael Harrison earned his BS in Math from Caltech, and did his graduate work in Math at UC Berkeley and University of Washington, specializing in Number Theory. A self-taught programmer, Michael taught both Math and Computer Programming at the college level. He applied this knowledge as a financial analyst (quant) and as a programmer at Google.
ðððœððŸðððœð to Socratica:
ðŠ bit.ly/SocraticaSubscribe
ððððððð Socratica on Patreon:
ð ¿ïž patreon.com/socratica
We'd like to send a special thank you to our VIP Patrons at Patreon! Our patrons are the ones who make it possible for us to take the time to create new courses, doing the months of research, writing, and planning that give our courses that extra something. NSS North Houston Space Society, William Riancho, Thomas Myers, KW, M Andrews, Jim Woodworth, Marcos Silveira, Christopher Kemsley, Eric Eccleston, Jeremy Shimanek, Michael Shebanow, Kevin B, John Krawiec, Umar Khan, and the wonderful Tracy Karin Prell are our VIP Patrons!
ð ððð this channel to get access to small Youtube perks like an owl emoji when you leave comments, fancy!
youtube.com/channel/UCW6TXMZ5Pq6yL6_k5NZ2e0Q/join
Music Licensed with SoundStripe:
code: ZBOLHOU5DB6Q9AHJ
#Quants #Quantitativefinance #Stocks
