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Purpose
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These files are intended for recruiters, headhunters and hiring managers in evaluating my proficiency in Python and looking to fill entry-level roles in automated trading strategy development, quantitative trading or developer or analyst or researcher, high-frequency trading systems, data analyst or visualization, and model validation.
These files are intended for recruiters, headhunters and hiring managers in evaluating my proficiency in Python and looking to fill entry-level roles in automated trading strategy development, quantitative trading/developer/analyst/researcher, portfolio management/analyst, high-frequency trading, data analyst/visualization, and model validation.

Requirements
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- An Interactive Brokers account with TWS or API gateway (tested with demo account)
- IbPy at https://github.com/blampe/IbPy
- An Interactive Brokers account with TWS/API gateway
- IbPy @ https://github.com/blampe/IbPy
- Pandas
- NumPy

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- Account for structureal breaks
- Using EMA kernels instead of a rectangular one
- Use and store rolling betas and standard deviations
- Add in alphas and Kalman filter predictions

What It Can Do
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- Make money


Final Notes
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- This model has never been tested with a real account. All testing in demo account only.
- I haven't come across any real or full high-frequency trading model except those I've created, so here's one to get started off the ground and running
- This model has never been tested with a real account. All testing done in demo account only.
- The included strategy parameters is likely to lose money than to make money
- If you know of anybody who might be interested to offer a job (i.e paid salary), pass these links around
- If you know of anybody who might be interested to offer a job (i.e paid salary), pass these links around with thanks
- I do have the right to work in the United States on OPT work visa, hopefully from June 01 2014 onwards (or when I receive my EAD card).

Email stuff here: [email protected]

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