Seminar: Trading and Real Time Data Interpretation
Course code
FIN412
Course type
BSc Course
Weekly Hours
2,0
ECTS
6,0
Term
FS 2020
Language
Englisch
Lecturers
Juniorprof. Dr. Sebastian Seidens
Please note that exchange students obtain a higher number of credits in the BSc-program at WHU than listed here. For further information please contact directly the International Relations Office.
Course content
In this seminar students will be made familiar with the foundations of developing systematic trading strategies hat will directly be applied in a case study. After introducing the basics of technical analysis and trading systems the focus of the seminar will be in applying the learnings in a case study. In the case study the students will simulate a complete trading cycle with realtime data. Therefore they will get access to the ayondo trade hub platform, a real world FinTech trading platform with the opportunity to trade more than 4000 different instruments. Before implementing their own strategy students will get additional insights into the real world of trading by sharing their perspective with a representative of ayondo.
Class dates
Date | Time |
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Thursday, 13.02.2020 | 09:45 - 13:00 |
Tuesday, 18.02.2020 | 15:30 - 18:45 |
Friday, 21.02.2020 | 08:00 - 16:30 |
Friday, 06.03.2020 | 08:00 - 16:30 |
Friday, 13.03.2020 | 08:00 - 16:30 |
Learning outcomes
Portfolio Theory, Asset Allocation, Asset Pricing, Performance Measurement, Risk Management, Trading Strategies
Literature
John J. Murphy, 1999, Technical Analysis of the Financial Markets
Exam
Case Study 70%, Presentation 30 %
Requirements
Grundkenntnisse in den Bereichen Asset Management und Anlageprodukte so wie sie in den Kursen Foundations of Finance oder Asset Management vermittelt werden.
Total workload
180