Udacity part of Accenture logo

Momentum-Based Trading

In this course, learners will explore how to design, backtest, and optimize a working momentum-based ML trading strategy.

  • Course
  • Advanced
  • 14 hours
  • Updated: Sep 29, 2025

Subscription · Monthly

  • Cancel Anytime
  • Unlimited access to hundreds of top-rated courses
  • Hands-on projects with expert feedback
  • Personalized career coaching and interview prep
  • Program Certificates

Skills you'll learn

6 skills

  • Automated plan optimization
  • Backtesting
  • Feature engineering
  • Financial analysis with AI
  • Quant workflow

Prerequisites

6 prerequisites

Prior to enrolling, you should have the following knowledge:

  • Statistics proficiency
  • Intermediate Python
  • Financial trading
  • Basic calculus
  • Basic SQL

You will also need to be able to communicate fluently and professionally in written and spoken English.

Course Outline

  • 5 lessons
  • 1 project

Program Instructors

1 instructor

Unlike typical professors, our instructors come from Fortune 500 and Global 2000 companies and have demonstrated leadership and expertise in their professions:

Xiaolei Xie

Senior Quant Modeler at London Stock Exchange Group

Xiaolei Xie

Senior Quant Modeler at London Stock Exchange Group

Subscription · Monthly

  • Cancel Anytime
  • Unlimited access to hundreds of top-rated courses
  • Hands-on projects with expert feedback
  • Personalized career coaching and interview prep
  • Program Certificates

Other programs you might like:

Udacity Accenture logo

Company

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • Instagram

© 2011-2026 Udacity, Inc. "Nanodegree" is a registered trademark of Udacity. © 2011-2026 Udacity, Inc.
We use cookies and other data collection technologies to provide the best experience for our customers.