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Ask HN: What are the data needed for quantitative trading?

4 pointsby socratesleeover 6 years ago
What kinds and quality are of the data? How to get and organize those data?

2 comments

lucasleeover 6 years ago
Probably start with some api. Check out Quantopian <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.quantopian.com&#x2F;help" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.quantopian.com&#x2F;help</a> or IEX <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;iextrading.com&#x2F;trading&#x2F;market-data&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;iextrading.com&#x2F;trading&#x2F;market-data&#x2F;</a>.<p>This subreddit has a lot of information <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;algotrading" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;algotrading</a>
ry4n413over 6 years ago
Type: Prices&#x2F;Volume, Company Fundamental Data (EPS Growth, P&#x2F;E Ratio, ROI), News (Earnings, New CEO, Divestiture, Weather), &quot;Alternative Data&quot; (Satellite Images, Transactions)<p>Vendors: Bloomberg, Thomson (Refinitiv), Factset, Compustat, CapitalIQ, Quandl<p>Quality: varies, you get what you pay for, cost anywhere from $100&#x27;s to $100,000&#x27;s&#x2F;yr<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.quantopian.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.quantopian.com&#x2F;</a><p>^ probably good place to start