Quantitative Finance From Scratch
Course structure
Choose a level above to see its modules.
Quant Beginner
Level 1Included in Foundations · 18 of 18 ready
Part 1: Money and Time 2 modules
Part 2: Chance 5 modules
Part 3: Risk and Reward 3 modules
Part 4: Mixing Investments 4 modules
Part 5: Bets, Simulation and Bad Days 4 modules
Quant Intermediate
Level 2Included in Foundations · 15 of 15 ready
Part 6: Evidence from Data 6 modules
- Estimates and Error BarsHow sure a measured number is
- Luck or SkillTests for many strategies at once
- Fitting a Line to ReturnsRegression, beta and robust errors
- Maximum LikelihoodThe model that makes the data most likely
- Memory in PricesAutocorrelation and ARMA forecasts
- Honest BacktestsLook ahead traps and walk forward tests
Part 7: Pricing 9 modules
- Bonds, Yields and the CurveYields, curves, duration and convexity
- Forwards and the Law of One PriceNo arbitrage prices and put call parity
- Markov Chains and MartingalesStates, transitions and fair games
- The Binomial TreeOption prices from up and down steps
- Brownian MotionThe random walk with ever smaller steps
- Ito’s Rule and the Stock Price ModelThe calculus of random paths
- Black-ScholesThe option formula derived step by step
- The Greeks and HedgingDelta, gamma, vega and a simulated hedge
- Implied Volatility and the SmileThe volatility hidden in option prices
Quant Advanced
Level 3Included in Pro · 16 of 16 ready
Part 8: Models and Signals 4 modules
Part 9: Anomalies and Factor Investing 4 modules
Part 10: Regimes 3 modules
Part 11: Portfolio Construction and Asset Allocation 5 modules
- Capital Market Assumptions and Strategic AllocationExpected returns for every asset class
- Better PortfoliosShrinkage, views and risk parity
- Risk BudgetingRisk spread across assets by budget
- Portfolio Scenarios over TimeMany years of a portfolio simulated ahead
- Assets and LiabilitiesA portfolio held against its obligations
Quant Expert
Level 4Included in Pro · 13 of 13 ready
Part 12: Advanced Pricing, Rates and Credit 6 modules
- Faster Monte CarloFewer paths for the same precision
- Finite DifferencesPricing on a grid of prices and times
- Stochastic VolatilityThe Heston model and the smile
- Volatility Trading and Exotic OptionsVariance swaps, barriers and Asian options
- Short-Rate ModelsInterest rates that move over time
- Credit RiskDefault, recovery and correlation
Part 13: Testing in Practice 3 modules
Part 14: Trading in Practice 4 modules
How every module runs
- 01 · IntroductionWhat it is and why it matters
- 02 · Key PointsThe most important points
- 03 · The Math + PythonFormula, step by step, code
- 04 · Real WorldWhere it is used, best practice, common mistakes
- 05 · QuestionsExercises and interview
- Mini projectOne small program
Questions and answers
Can I learn quant finance from the beginning to the end with this course?
If you work through it seriously, yes for the core of the field: it starts with returns and probability and builds step by step through statistics, pricing, portfolios and advanced models in four levels, each step derived and coded. Some advanced modules are still coming, and it is a very solid foundation to break into quantitative finance.
Is there code included?
Yes, a lot. Every module comes with Python code to run on your own computer, exercises with fully worked solutions and a mini project, one small program you write yourself. On top come the larger CV projects, complete tools with full code (Foundations includes one, Pro all of them), and the interview prep has its own Python coding category.
Is a module longer than an e-book chapter?
Yes, much longer, usually 25+ pages. An e-book chapter fits on one page, and the module covers the same topic in full depth with the math, code and worked exercises.
How do I get access?
You choose Foundations or Pro on the pricing page and pay once. When you buy, you create a free account with your e-mail address, and your plan opens as soon as you sign in, on up to two devices. Paddle handles the payment and the invoice.
Is it a one-time payment?
Yes, you pay once: no monthly membership and no thousand-dollar price tag, one clean payment at a fair price. Pro also includes the new modules as they are released.
Will this help my career?
It teaches the methods that quant, risk and asset management roles use, with code you write yourself and projects you can show. How much it helps depends on your own work and on the job market.