Python for Finance: Analyze Big Financial Data

System shell commands

Spyder

Conclusions

Further Reading

3. Introductory Examples

Implied Volatilities

Monte Carlo Simulation

Pure Python

Vectorization with NumPy

Full Vectorization with Log Euler Scheme

Graphical Analysis

Technical Analysis

Conclusions

Further Reading

II. Financial Analytics and Development

4. Data Types and Structures

Basic Data Types

Integers

Floats

Strings

Basic Data Structures

Tuples

Lists

Excursion: Control Structures

Excursion: Functional Programming

Dicts

Sets

NumPy Data Structures

Arrays with Python Lists

Regular NumPy Arrays

Structured Arrays

Vectorization of Code

Basic Vectorization

Memory Layout

Conclusions

Further Reading

5. Data Visualization

Two-Dimensional Plotting

One-Dimensional Data Set

Two-Dimensional Data Set

Other Plot Styles