Afterall, I am a bitspontaneousandliketochangethingsupeverynowandthen, andtodayisgonnabeoneofthosedays.
Today I'm goingtogiveyou a backstoryonmyrelationshipwithstocktrading, and I'm goingtotalkabouttheresourceisthat I plantousetousemystocktradingstrategyandturnthatinto a tradablealgorithm.
Let's startoffwithmybackstory, becauseifyoudon't hearthat, then a lotofthisvideoreallymakessense.
Soaboutfouryearsago, when I wasincollege, all I reallywantedtodowastradestocks.
I mean, I wouldliterallyscheduledclasseslaterinthedayso I couldspinmarketopenthe 1st 30 to 60 minutesofmarketopentotradestocks.
I wouldwakeup, hangoutfor a littlebit.
Drink a nicecupofcoffee, setupmychartingsoftware, mytradingsoftware, Getoffmywatchlistsunderwaytomakesure I knowwhatstocks I wanttobelookingatthatmorningandbesittinginmychairat 9 25 waitingfor 9 30 forthemarkettoopenso I couldputmystrategyandimplementitso I couldhopefullymakesomemoney.
Stocktradingalongsideschoolwasessentiallymylife.
I wouldhavegooddaysand I wouldhavebaddays.
Buthere's theproblemwithme.
Isthatwhen I wouldhavegooddays, I wouldhavereallygooddays.
I wouldbedoingwellinclass.
I'd bekillingitinthegymbecause I knewthatmorning I hadmadesomemoney.
That's good.
I liketomakemoney, butonmybaddaysitwasreallybad.
I wouldnotbeabletofocusinclassbecause I wasjustthinking I lostthismoney.
I lostthatmoneywhen I wasatthegym.
I wouldn't beabletofocuseither, anditwasjust a badworkoutbecause I wasn't inthatbestofmood.
Andonethingthatyouneedtoknowaboutstocktreatingisthatyouneedtobeemotionlessifyoumake a lotofmoneyorifyoulose a lotofmoney, youjustneedtobestraightfaceemotionless.
Andthatwasmyproblem.
Sothat's why I took a stepback.
I needtomakesure I focusedonschool.
I couldn't havethesereallybaddaysanymorebecausethatwouldjustbringdowneverythingif I didn't wanttoworkon a projectand I wouldlikeitwasjustreallybad.
Butnowthathavetakenallofthesecomputersciencemathcourses, and I'vecoatedsomanydifferentalgorithmsinsomanydifferentlanguages, and I havethisgooddaytradingstrategy, whynottrytomergethetwotogether?
Afterall, thesealgorithmsdon't getsad.
Theydon't gethappy.
Theydon't careifyoudidgoodorbad, they'renotgoingtothinkMaybeif I justholdontothisstock a littlebitlonger, it'lldobetterbecausethatiswhatwillkillyou.
that's justgoingtosayOkay, yousettheseparameters, So I'm goingtododoexactlywhatyousayinthecode.
Whydon't I justcreateanalgorithmthatimplementsmystrategyanddon't getmewrong?
I understandpeoplegetpaidhundredsofthousandsofdollarstocreatetheseparticularalgorithmsthatcanbeatthestockmarket.
Butwhycan't I learn?
I hold a lotoftheskillsthattheyholdtheknowledgeofthestockmarket, maybenottotheirlevel.
So I knowit's somethingthat I wanttoputmytimeinto, and I knowhowtocode.
I wentthroughmywholeentirecomputersciencedegree, didallofthosemathclasses I'vecoatedinmanydifferentlanguagesatmanydifferentlevels, and I couldjustprogressinthatbecausethat's somethingelsethatinterestsme.
Mayhavesomekinksbuthasaccesstothesamelibrariesanddataas a backtester, which I believewillhelpinthelongrun, so I don't havetoworryaboutsettinganythingup.
I couldjusthopintothebrowser, usethe I D andhaseverythingthereforme.
Butif I wanttotakethisintotherealworld, I'm gonnaneedtohookituptoanactualbrokerage.
Andthat's whereRobinHoodcomesin, mainlybecauseit's freeandit's compatiblewithkwonTopiaactuallyuseRobinHoodfor a lotofmyswingtradesinlongterminvestments, andifyouareinterestedinusingRobinHood, thisisnotsponsored, buttheyhavethis a referralprogramwhereifyouusemylinkandsignuptoRobinHoodusingmylinkuponapprovalofyouraccount, youwillgetonefreestockand I willgetonefreestock.
Youcouldgetin a treethatlooksitsetsupperfectly, Butyoulosesomemoney, andmaybeyoulosemoreandmoreandmore.
Youdon't wannahavetorelyonthistopayyourbills.
Don't putinyourlifesavingsandtowanystock.
Justmakesureyouhave, likethisplaymoneyorsomethingthatyouwouldspendonlike a newmonitororsomething, andjustholdoffonthatmonitorandputitintothestockmarket.
I leave a fewhelpfullinksinthedescriptionrightbelowtheRobinHoodlinkforthoseyoucaretobreakintothiscrazyworld, thatis.
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Nowthatwehaveanunderstandingoftheoverallproject, what I'llbedoingfirstisgoingthroughthecoursesonquant O.
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Inmyideawastocreate a seriouscalledAlgodeafjourneysimilartomyidoljourney, where I documentthelearningprocessandmaking a videoaftereverysinglelesson.
Arabieverytwolessons, dependingonhowmuchinformation I learnedandessentiallyregurgitatethatinformationtoyoubasedonmyunderstandingthatwillhelpmelearnandthatalsogiveyouguyssomethingvaluabletositbackandwatchandlearn.
Soletmeknowwhatyouthink, but I'm notsureifthat's theway I wanttogowiththis.
Thealternativewouldbemeessentiallyworkingonthisbehindthescenesmaybeupdatingyouguyseverynowandthenrandomlyandothervideos, but I wanttoknowwhatyouguyshavetosay.
Butitisjustsomething I'llbeworkingtowardsinthemeantime, andonce I'm satisfiedwiththealgorithm, I maythrowiton a quant o b incontest, whichisbasicallysomethingtoprovethealgorithmsworth, andalsoitgivesyouthepotentialtolicensethisouttopotentialcustomersandpeople.
Thiswouldbe a wayformetoprovetheworthofthealgorithmaswellasmakemoneywithoutriskingmyownlikeyoudointhestockmarket.
However, wewilltalkaboutthatmoreasweprogressandgetclosertothatstepintheprocess.
Butasfornow, I needstudyuponthisand I'lldiscussit.