Algorithmic Trading for Non Programmers

Algorithmic Trading for Non Programmers, Learning to use the Node-RED visual programming platform to trade financial instruments.

Course Description

This course is designed to teach students how to trade stocks and options algorithmically without writing code. It provides a comprehensive introduction to Node-RED, a low-code, event-driven programming tool for automating tasks and integrating APIs. Node-RED is an open-source, flow-based development tool for visual programming.

My firm, MachineTrader, has developed a customized Node-Red platform for use in trading stocks, cryptos, and options through which you can create, manage, and execute your automated trading strategies. To do automated trading, however, you will need a cloud server where all of the prewritten scripts for communicating with a broker/dealer are stored as well as any trading scripts you create. Each MachineTrader™ trading subscription includes a hosted website which can expand to your unique requirements. This also means that all of your data and strategies are completely private – your algorithms remain proprietary to you!

Students will be given access to their own proprietary, password-protected trading platform by signing up for a MachineTrader “Learner’s Account” under the terms of a 30-day free trial. After 30-days, the Learner’s Account renews at $24.95 (US) per month which should give you plenty of time to complete the course and decide if you want to continue using MachineTrader. ™ was designed to serve the needs of serious traders who want to automate their trading but who lack the full stack programming skills to build their own platforms.

You will also need to open a paper trading account with the registered broker/dealer, Alpaca Markets, a well-financed start-up designed to serve the needs of algorithmic traders. You can open an Alpaca paper account without depositing any funds and can test your trading strategies until you are ready to graduate to live trading.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will:

• Understand the fundamentals of Node-RED, including its interface and core concepts.

• Develop automated trading scripts using built-in and third-party nodes.

• Connect Node-RED with prebuild trading APIs, and cloud services.