Content - The Black Book of Financial Hacking
Preface
All about this book, and about the third edition
1 Dealing with money
Introduction to financial and algorithmic trading. Ticks, bars, candles. How does a trading system work - and why? Sense and nonsense of technical analysis.
2 Programming in 3 hours
Introduction to coding in C. Variables, functions, branches and loops.
3 Follow the trend
A basic Laguerre filter strategy. Backtesting. Analyzing the trades. The Market Meanness Index. Performance metrics and the Monte Carlo method. 6 tricks for trend following.
4 Against the trend
A cycle trading algorithm. Fractal dimensions. Training a strategy. Walk-forward analysis. Backtest bias and how to overcome it. 7 tricks for counter trend strategies.
5 The money breeder
A forex portfolio system. Money Management. The square root rule. 4 portfolio system tricks
6 Candles to kill for
Detecting patterns in price curves. Machine learning. Reality check methods. Bell curve and p-value. 5 advices for price action trading.
7 In the 5th dimension
Introduction to options trading. The seller's advantage. Payoff diagrams. Money management for options. 6 tricks for more profit with options.
8 The strategy with no risk
A portfolio rotation system. 5 tricks for ETF and stock trading.
9 Anatomy of a Scam Robot
How "trading robots" work. A robot script for 100 pips per day. Dirty tricks with martingale. How to fake a profit history.
10 Developing own systems
The development process. Strategies that work. Strategies that don't work. Regular income with algorithmic trading.
Appendix
The Market Meanness Index. List of references.