This course is part of the Trading Strategies in Emerging Markets Specialization

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Ramabhadran Thirumalai

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Trading Strategies in Emerging Markets SpecializationIndian School of Business

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The purpose of this course is to equip you with the knowledge required to comprehend the financial statements of a company and understand the various transactions that take place in the stock market so that you can replicate the strategies discovered by the extant academic literature.
The first part of the course provides a brief introduction to financial statements and various common filings of firms. You will learn how to obtain information regarding a company's performance from them and use the information to build trading strategies.  Next, you are taught basic asset pricing theories so that you will be able to calculate the expected returns of a stock or a portfolio. Finally, you will be introduced to the actual functioning of asset markets, type of players in the market, different types of orders and the efficient ways and opportune time to execute them, trading costs and ways of minimizing them, the concept of liquidity .etc. This knowledge is required to develop efficient algorithm to execute various trading strategies.

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Approx. 8 hours to complete

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Financial Ratio
Cost
Financial Statement
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Beginner Level

Approx. 8 hours to complete

English

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Ramabhadran Thirumalai

Assistant Professor

Indian School of Business

184,100 Learners

7 Courses

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Indian School of Business

The Indian School of Business has successfully put India on the global map of management education by nurturing young leaders with an understanding of developing economies and the society at large. Through innovations in curricula and pedagogy to reflect the shifting business landscape, the ISB is committed to providing the best venue for management education to meet the growing need to develop young leaders who can manage global challenges.

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week1

Week 1

2 hours to complete

Basics of Financial Statements

2 hours to complete

12 videos (Total 68 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

Week2

Week 2

2 hours to complete

Financial Statement Analysis

2 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 35 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

Week3

Week 3

2 hours to complete

Asset pricing theories

Before you start trading, you should first be able to calculate the expected return from a stock. The expected return comes from various asset pricing models such as Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM), Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT) and Fama-French Three Factor Model. The purpose of this module is to equip you with the skills required to calculate the expected returns of a stock (or) a portfolio. After completing this module you will be able to calculate the expected returns of a stock.

2 hours to complete

9 videos (Total 53 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

Week4

Week 4

2 hours to complete

Basics of Market Microstructure

This module will provide a detailed introduction to the actual functioning of asset markets. The module will cover essential details such as type of players in the market, different type of orders and the efficient ways and opportune time to execute them, trading costs and ways of minimizing them, the concept of liquidity .etc. This is required to develop efficient algorithm to execute various trading strategies. After completing this module you will have a clear idea of different types of orders and which orders to use when.

2 hours to complete

11 videos (Total 66 min), 1 reading, 1 quiz

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TOP REVIEWS FROM TRADING BASICS

by MSJan 23, 2020

Content was well taught and explained but i feel that the form of testing could be better in assessing understanding and application of concepts.

by KJAug 8, 2018

There could be better explanation in week 4 to calculate the transaction cost based on the respective benchmarks. Otherwise it is an amazing course if you want to learn the basics of trading.

by SCFeb 20, 2017

A general brief about how you can make calculated and broad assumptions on the tock market. Not a specialized course but is helpful in getting the basics.

by BBMay 22, 2020

Week 2 quiz has precision errors on answers and week 4 videos have audio issues, overall week 1 and week 4 are the best of the course to a beginner

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About the Trading Strategies in Emerging Markets Specialization

This Specialization equips individual investors and money managers with the skills required to develop their own trading strategies and test them. When you complete the Specialization, you’ll be ready to apply eight ready-made trading strategies, based on rigorous academic research, that have been shown to be. You’ll also be able to design your own trading strategy, back test it, and measure its performance.

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