Ticket prices (for 10 three-hour long classes):
- EARLY BIRD: $983 until 15 Feb 2017
- REGULAR: $1033 from 16 Feb until 15 Mar 2017
- LAST MINUTE: $1083 from 16 Mar until 22 Mar 2017
This practical workshop takes place over 10 weekday evenings (on the following days in 2017: Mar 22, 29, Apr 5, 19, 26 May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31) and will teach you how to trade cryptocurrencies for fun and profit!
Who should attend this workshop? Day traders, FOREX traders, and anybody who already trades in the financial markets. Anyone who wants to get started in cryptocurrency trading. Programmers and technologists who want to leverage their skills. Also, business line managers and IT managers in finance who want to understand digital asset trading (cryptocurrencies are just the beginning of digital asset trading) and its future impact; IT staff responsible for the development and deployment of enterprise trading systems; devops, quants, software developers, sysadmins, security and cyber-security, risk and compliance people; business development and technology strategists in banking and finance who are responsible for planning the future direction of the enterprise; students and academics wanting to broaden their expertise in financial markets; lawyers and regulators who need to understand the technical details of digital asset trading to better do their jobs; in fact, anyone who wants to truly understand cryptocurrency trading and its implications.
It has been said the cryptocurrency market is small and not worth the effort; too small to make serious money. That may currently be true for the Goldman Sachs of the world, but for individuals it is certainly the case that you can make $100's or $1,000's a day; and that can be mostly passive income if you take the effort to set up a trading system. Also, just because something is small now doesn't mean it will always be small; just a decade or two ago the Chinese economy was nowhere to be see, and look at it now! Things change. And quickly.
This workshop is based in part on the cryptocurrency and blockchain module that is taught as part of the Baruch Masters in Financial Engineering (MFE) course (ranked #2 best financial engineering program, https://www.quantnet.com/mfe-programs-rankings/) that prepares graduates for jobs in banking and finance on Wall Street.
~~~ WEEK 1: Core concepts for cryptocurrencies ~~~
- The history of digital money.
- Bitcoin.
- The blockchain.
- Altcoins.
- Top-10 cryptocurrencies in-depth.
~~~ WEEK 2: Cryptocurrency markets ~~~
- Cryptocurrencies market structure (instruments, depth, liquidity, etc.).
- Initial coin offerings (ICO). Crypto-coin issuance models.
- Cryptocurrency exchanges.
- Market dynamics - what drives the cryptocurrency markets (news, fundamantals, etc.).
- Monitoring the markets in real-time.
~~~ WEEK 3: Legal and tax issues ~~~
- Cryptocurrency (CCY) versus FOREX trading, similarities and differences.
- Trading cryptocurrencies against FOREX (e.g. BTC/USD, bitcoin versus USD).
- Trading one cryptocurrency against another (e.g. BTC/LTC, bitcoin versus litecoin).
- Legal jurisdictions.
- Accounting and taxes.
~~~ WEEK 4: Security & privacy ~~~
- Security & privacy when trading.
- Acquiring cryptocurrency to trade.
- Wallets of all sorts and types
- Keeping your crypto-coins safe.
- Keeping your trading activities private.
~~~ WEEK 5: Managing risks ~~~
- Allocating capital for maximum returns and managing risk.
- Market risk.
- Counterparty risk.
- Legal and regulatory risk.
- Monitoring risks in real-time.
~~~ WEEK 6: Market data ~~~
- Sources of market data.
- Gathering marketing data.
- Exchange APIs (Application Programming Interfaces), the basics.
- Cleaning ("scrubbing") market data.
- Storing market data.
~~~ WEEK 7: Research & analysis ~~~
- Existing sources of research and analysis for cryptocurrencies.
- Excel as a front-end and analysis tool.
- Using R for analysis.
- Using Python as a scripting tool for analysis.
- Common types of analysis and how to do them.
~~~ WEEK 8: Trading strategy development and backtesting ~~~
- Arbitrage and other trading strategies.
- Single exchange trading.
- Multi exchange trading.
- Pure cryptocurrency only strategies.
- Mixed cryptocurrency and FOREX strategies.
~~~ WEEK 9: Day-trading ~~~
- Day-trading explained.
- Online trading platforms.
- Software for day-trading.
- Strategies for day-trading.
- Taking profits and stopping losses.
~~~ WEEK 10: Automated trading ~~~
- Challenges and opportunities of automated trading.
- Trading (ro)bots.
- Exchange APIs (Application Programming Interfaces), in-depth.
- Existing tools for building trading bots.
- Building your own trading bot (e.g. using Python).
~~~ Workshop Instructor ~~~
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Your instructor, Andrew Sheppard, is a quant with 25 years experience working in international forex, fixed-income, equity and commodity markets. Starting with Bankers Trust in the late 1980's, Andrew has worked on trading desks at banks and hedge funds all over the world and is currently a consultant on Wall Street working in the areas of the blockchain and cryptocurrencies, Big Data and Big Compute. He also teaches these subjects on the highly-ranked MFE (Masters in Financial Engineering) program at Baruch College in New York.
Every attendee will have access to tools, data and teaching materials to get the most out of the workshop.
Andrew recently completed a report (with Vineet Anand, Francois Paul, and John Whelan) for Banco Santander (the 2nd largest bank in Europe) on "Bitcoin's Impact on Banks".
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/andrew-sheppard/1/132/ba6
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~~~ Feedback from previous Fountainhead events ~~~
"I learned a lot."
Andrei Kirilenko, Chief Economist, Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
"I wanted to reach out and let you know that I thought yesterday's event was excellent. The content was multifaceted that connected on multiple levels and I particularly enjoyed the afternoon panel and Vladimir Vapnik's presentation."
Brian Kanter, Bridgewater Associates
"Excellent mix."
Tom Groenfeldt, Forbes Magazine
"Good presentations."
Chip Yang, NYSE Euronex
"Excellent event."
Tony Cuomo, SGI (Silicon Graphics)
"Very content rich event! Nicely done!"
Jaime Fitzgerald, Fitzgerald Analytics
Important note: Agenda and venue are subject to change.
