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Using random forest to model limit order book dynamic [R Trader]
In this article I use the random forest algorithm to forecast mid price dynamic over short time horizon i.e. a few seconds ahead. This is of particular interest to market makers to skew their bid/ask spread in the direction of the most favorable outcome. Most if not all the literature on the topic
- 5 years ago, 30 Apr 2020, 09:35pm -
Speeding up your Python code [R Trader]
I know this topic is addressed on a very regular basis on the web but I’m pretty sure sharing my experience will help some finance people. I’m currently working on Limit Order Book modeling. This means dealing with fairly big data sets. I have around 1 million observations per stock and per day.
- 5 years ago, 15 Mar 2020, 01:22pm -
Converting LOBSTER demo R code into Python [R Trader]
It has been more than a year since my last post, I’ve been super busy with consulting assignments working on algorithmic/electronic trading. The workload is still heavy but I managed to find a few hours to write this post as I came across a new great tool: LOBSTER (and before anyone asks I’ve no
- 5 years ago, 18 Dec 2019, 10:30am -
R Code – Best practices [R Trader]
Nothing is more frustrating than a long piece of code with no standard way of naming elements, presenting code or organizing files. It’s not only unreadable but more importantly not reusable. Unfortunately, unlike other programming languages, R has no widely accepted coding best practices. Instead
- 6 years ago, 1 Sep 2018, 10:36pm -
Machine Learning Modelling in R Cheat Sheet [R Trader]
I came across this excellent article lately “Machine learning at central banks” which I decided to use as a basis for a new cheat sheet called Machine Learning Modelling in R. The cheat sheet can be downloaded from RStudio cheat sheets repository. As the R ecosystem is now far too rich to
- 7 years ago, 22 Mar 2018, 01:21pm -
Algorithmic trading is here to stay [R Trader]
A foreword for the regular reader: this article has nothing to do with R With the increase of market “electronification”, algorithmic trading is becoming more and more popular. As a result, the regulator has paid a particular attention to this activity in the MIFID II regulation, designing a
- 7 years ago, 12 Mar 2018, 06:55am -
Visualizing Time Series Data in R [R Trader]
I’m very pleased to announce my DataCamp course on Visualizing Time Series Data in R. This course is also part of the Time Series with R skills track. Feel free to have a look, the first chapter is free! Course Description As the saying goes, “A chart is worth a thousand words”. This is why
- 7 years ago, 26 Jun 2017, 02:13pm -
Linking R to IQFeed with the QuantTools package [R Trader]
IQFeed provides streaming data services and trading solutions that cover the Agricultural, Energy and Financial marketplace. It is a well known and recognized data feed provider geared toward retail users and small institutions. The subscription price starts at around $80/month. Stanislav Kovalevsky
- 7 years ago, 4 Jun 2017, 07:15am -
BERT: a newcomer in the R Excel connection [R Trader]
A few months ago a reader point me out this new way of connecting R and Excel. I don’t know for how long this has been around, but I never came across it and I’ve never seen any blog post or article about it. So I decided to write a post as the tool is really worth it and before anyone asks,
- 8 years ago, 30 Nov 2016, 10:30am -
Trading strategy: Making the most of the out of sample data [R Trader]
When testing trading strategies a common approach is to divide the initial data set into in sample data: the part of the data designed to calibrate the model and out of sample data: the part of the data used to validate the calibration and ensure that the performance created in sample will be
- 8 years ago, 19 Aug 2016, 08:54am -
Introducing fidlr: FInancial Data LoadeR [R Trader]
fidlr is an RSutio addin designed to simplify the financial data downloading process from various providers. This initial version is a wrapper around the getSymbols function in the quantmod package and only Yahoo, Google, FRED and Oanda are supported. I will probably add functionalities over time.
- 9 years ago, 22 Apr 2016, 04:37am -
Maintaining a database of price files in R [R Trader]
Doing quantitative research implies a lot of data crunching and one needs clean and reliable data to achieve this. What is really needed is clean data that is easily accessible (even without an internet connection). The most efficient way to do this for me has been to maintain a set of csv files.
- 9 years ago, 13 Dec 2015, 08:23pm -
R financial time series tips everyone should know about [R Trader]
There are many R time series tutorials floating around on the web this post is not designed to be one of them. Instead I want to introduce a list of the most useful tricks I came across when dealing with financial time series in R. Some of the functions presented here are incredibly powerful but
- 9 years ago, 7 Jul 2015, 09:58pm -
Factor Evaluation in Quantitative Portfolio Management [R Trader]
When it comes to managing a portfolio of stocks versus a benchmark the problem is very different from defining an absolute return strategy. In the former one has to hold more stocks than in the later where no stocks at all can be held if there is not good enough opportunity. The reason for that is
- 10 years ago, 23 Mar 2015, 09:42pm -

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