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๐Ÿ’น HFT, Finance & Quantitative Trading

Low-latency systems, market microstructure, and quantitative finance.

โ†’ See also: C++ ยท Systems Track


Courses

Course Platform Link
Financial Markets (Robert Shiller) Coursera (audit) / Yale OCW Coursera
Computational Investing Coursera (audit) Coursera
Financial Engineering (Columbia) Coursera (audit) Coursera
Quantitative Finance (NPTEL) NPTEL NPTEL
Algorithmic Trading (QuantInsti) YouTube YouTube
MIT 18.S096 Topics in Mathematics with Applications in Finance MIT OCW MIT OCW

Low-Latency Engineering

Topic Resource Link
C++ for HFT CppCon talks YouTube
Lock-free Programming Herb Sutter (CppCon) YouTube
Kernel Bypass (DPDK) DPDK Docs dpdk.org
FPGA Trading Various YouTube
Market Microstructure Lectures YouTube

Books

Book Author Free? Link
Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives John Hull โŒ Classic reference
Algorithmic Trading (Ernest Chan) Ernest Chan โŒ Reference
Trading and Exchanges Larry Harris โŒ Market microstructure
Quantitative Finance (Paul Wilmott) Wilmott โŒ Reference
Python for Finance Yves Hilpisch โŒ (code free) github.com/yhilpisch

Open Source Tools

Tool Use Link
QuantLib Quantitative finance library quantlib.org
Zipline Backtesting (Python) github.com/quantopian/zipline
Backtrader Backtesting (Python) backtrader.com
LEAN (QuantConnect) Algo trading engine github.com/QuantConnect/Lean

Cross-references: C++ ยท Systems Track ยท Conferences