Oxford university’s Saïd business school is launching a course in algorithmic trading, The Oxford Algorithmic Trading Programme is delivered in collaboration with GetSmarter and is led by a powerful team of global experts who share their knowledge in the form of industry insights, videos and discussions. Students receive algorithmic trading insights from the Programme Convenor, Professor Nir Vulkan who is a leading authority on e-commerce, market design, applied research and hedge funds. He is the author of two books and over 40 articles in international journals in all aspects of technology, economics and finance. Professor Vulkan is also a systematic trader with over 17 years of experience working with some of the world’s leading hedge funds. He often consults for trading firms and clearing firms on algorithmic trading and has helped set up a number of firms in this area. After successfully completing this course students walk away with:
- The ability to illustrate the methodologies used to model trading strategies for different types of financial markets
- An understanding of the fundamentals of classical and behavioural finance and how theoretical trading models are applied in practice
- The ability to formulate a view on the relationship between emerging technologies and the future of systematic trading
- The opportunity to assess the efficacy of an algorithmic trading model within a live environment or real-world market circumstance
An understanding of the historical and current state of systematic trading as well as the key challenges and opportunities faced by the industry
https://www.getsmarter.com/courses/uk/oxford-algorithmic-trading-programme
