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I wish I was more literate in these subjects, some of these terms - I am not familiar with such as `sma, rsi, macd, adx, bbands`

galoisscobi 6y ago
I'd recommend Investopedia to learn more about those terms. As someone with a robotics background, I used Investopedia extensively when I was taking Machine Learning for Trading (would highly recommend the course as well: https://www.udacity.com/course/machine-learning-for-trading--ud501 https://www.udacity.com/course/machine-learning-for-trading-...) if that's something you're interested in.
- riffraff 6y ago
  One more nice thing about Investopedia: they have recently restructured their newsletter ("one term a day") to include references to current events. That is really nice because it not only gives you something to learn but it also puts it in context.
  - baby 6y ago
    I was curious so I found it: https://link.investopedia.com/join/53o/00-house-tod https://link.investopedia.com/join/53o/00-house-tod
- TILMore 6y ago
  For someone new to ML for Trading, would you have any other courses or links to check out?
oliv__ 6y ago
They are technical indicators: Simple moving average, Relative strength index, Moving Average Convergence-Divergence, Average Directional Index, Bollinger Bands. You can google each one, there is usually a decent explanatory article
tastyfreeze 6y ago
The are all acronyms for functions on time series trade data. Investopedia has definitions without a lot of fluff if you want to learn them.
totalZero 6y ago
They are terms relating to technical analysis, an attempt to determine future price action from past price action. Many traders look down on technicals as an attempt to read tea leaves while ignoring more important information. Myself included. Still, technical analysis can on occasion be a useful tool when making tactical decisions because people do watch certain levels, reversion and breakouts are real phenomena, and any widespread trading approach is at times a self-fulfilling prophecy.
- edgyquant 6y ago
  I think you’re right about rsi, macd, etc but sma, ema, alpha, beta and sharpe are essential to look at before buying any stock imo

galoisscobi 6y ago

I'd recommend Investopedia to learn more about those terms. As someone with a robotics background, I used Investopedia extensively when I was taking Machine Learning for Trading (would highly recommend the course as well: https://www.udacity.com/course/machine-learning-for-trading--ud501 https://www.udacity.com/course/machine-learning-for-trading-...) if that's something you're interested in.

riffraff 6y ago
One more nice thing about Investopedia: they have recently restructured their newsletter ("one term a day") to include references to current events. That is really nice because it not only gives you something to learn but it also puts it in context.
- baby 6y ago
  I was curious so I found it: https://link.investopedia.com/join/53o/00-house-tod https://link.investopedia.com/join/53o/00-house-tod
TILMore 6y ago
For someone new to ML for Trading, would you have any other courses or links to check out?

oliv__ 6y ago

They are technical indicators: Simple moving average, Relative strength index, Moving Average Convergence-Divergence, Average Directional Index, Bollinger Bands. You can google each one, there is usually a decent explanatory article

tastyfreeze 6y ago

The are all acronyms for functions on time series trade data. Investopedia has definitions without a lot of fluff if you want to learn them.

totalZero 6y ago

They are terms relating to technical analysis, an attempt to determine future price action from past price action. Many traders look down on technicals as an attempt to read tea leaves while ignoring more important information. Myself included. Still, technical analysis can on occasion be a useful tool when making tactical decisions because people do watch certain levels, reversion and breakouts are real phenomena, and any widespread trading approach is at times a self-fulfilling prophecy.

edgyquant 6y ago
I think you’re right about rsi, macd, etc but sma, ema, alpha, beta and sharpe are essential to look at before buying any stock imo