What customers say

The testimonials for 'Getting Started with Python for Quant Finance' by Jason highlight overwhelmingly positive experiences from participants across all levels of expertise. Many praise Jason's ability to demystify complex subjects, making learning about Python and quantitative finance accessible and engaging. The course not only provides a robust framework and actionable insights but also fosters a supportive community that facilitates collaboration and knowledge sharing. Participants appreciate the practical applications, such as backtesting and using various Python libraries, which they find essential for enhancing their trading strategies. Indeed, many testify to a significant increase in confidence and newfound clarity in their approach to quant finance. There are a few neutral mentions regarding desired deeper technical content or the complexity of some topics; however, they generally recognize that these are part of the learning journey. Overall, this course is seen as a fantastic investment for anyone serious about integrating Python into their trading and investing practices.

Review highlights

Engaging instructorSupportive communityPractical applicationsComprehensive contentBoosts confidenceRequires effortSome complexity
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Mitchell Horton

This course is really well put together. With the knowledge gained via curated lessons, plenty of notebooks of usable code and even a few strategies to play around with, I feel I've fast tracked by quant finance journey significantly. Watching how a professional like Jason focuses on statistical testing over optimising returns has been the biggest take away.
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Mitchell Horton

This course is really well put together. With the knowledge gained via curated lessons, plenty of notebooks of usable code and even a few strategies to play around with, I feel I've fast tracked by quant finance journey significantly. Watching how a professional like Jason focuses on statistical testing over optimising returns has been the biggest take away.

Apr 8, 2025

Apr 8, 2025

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John F

This was hands down the best course I've ever taken not just in this domain, but in general! Highly recommend for anyone at any skill level to check this out if you want to learn how to successfully and practically back-test strategies and execute orders in Interactive Brokers.
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John F

This was hands down the best course I've ever taken not just in this domain, but in general! Highly recommend for anyone at any skill level to check this out if you want to learn how to successfully and practically back-test strategies and execute orders in Interactive Brokers.

Mar 1, 2025

Mar 1, 2025

Andrew

Andrew

The biggest unlock is the scientific method framework for developing trading strategies. Further, the understanding that statistical significance is key over direct returns a strategy shows in a backtest.
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Andrew

The biggest unlock is the scientific method framework for developing trading strategies. Further, the understanding that statistical significance is key over direct returns a strategy shows in a backtest.

Jan 20, 2025

Jan 20, 2025

Christian Guth

Christian Guth

1. Now I know what I do not know, in a very precise way : ) 2. Jason`s personality is described in two words: Caring and Knowing 3. I desperately want to continue
Christian Guth

Christian Guth

1. Now I know what I do not know, in a very precise way : ) 2. Jason`s personality is described in two words: Caring and Knowing 3. I desperately want to continue

Dec 13, 2024

Dec 13, 2024

Gustavo Merle

Gustavo Merle

I am glad I decided to take this course! It helped me jumpstart with Python and Quant/Finance, areas I wanted to get more familiar with. Jason provides efficient advice on how to become proficient in a practical way. The notebooks are well prepared and are the foundation for further investigation. Thanks!
Gustavo Merle

Gustavo Merle

I am glad I decided to take this course! It helped me jumpstart with Python and Quant/Finance, areas I wanted to get more familiar with. Jason provides efficient advice on how to become proficient in a practical way. The notebooks are well prepared and are the foundation for further investigation. Thanks!

Dec 13, 2024

Dec 13, 2024

DAMIAO Daniel

DAMIAO Daniel

- The course helped me to learn new tools that are validated by quants and specially developed for the quant finance purpose. The course provided targeted examples so really relevant for anyone desiring to have their hands dirty. Especially, i followed a algorithmic trading course before from a well-known university but it kept being theorical. Python for quant finance combined both theorical and practical knowledge - No BS and just Python and Python again. - Not everything is given and you will have to work for some lessons but it was a great way to learn more Python coding and scale my modules knowledge.
DAMIAO Daniel

DAMIAO Daniel

- The course helped me to learn new tools that are validated by quants and specially developed for the quant finance purpose. The course provided targeted examples so really relevant for anyone desiring to have their hands dirty. Especially, i followed a algorithmic trading course before from a well-known university but it kept being theorical. Python for quant finance combined both theorical and practical knowledge - No BS and just Python and Python again. - Not everything is given and you will have to work for some lessons but it was a great way to learn more Python coding and scale my modules knowledge.

Nov 3, 2024

Nov 3, 2024

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Carlos R.

The course sped up my learning curve by months by providing a high quality curated content. I profoundly envy the clarity and simplicity of the way Jason expose all the complex concepts as if they were simple

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Carlos R.

The course sped up my learning curve by months by providing a high quality curated content. I profoundly envy the clarity and simplicity of the way Jason expose all the complex concepts as if they were simple

Oct 19, 2024

Oct 19, 2024

Christian Alfaro
Christian Alfaro

1) The course is awesome, clarifying the pipeline to build an mvp to trade in IB, very useful. 2) My assumption before the course was that to trade I collecta bunch of data and apply number crunching and I will be a zillionare :D Jason taught me how this really works. 3) I now have a great understanding how all the "parts" works together and got loads of very useful python code

Christian Alfaro
Christian Alfaro

1) The course is awesome, clarifying the pipeline to build an mvp to trade in IB, very useful. 2) My assumption before the course was that to trade I collecta bunch of data and apply number crunching and I will be a zillionare :D Jason taught me how this really works. 3) I now have a great understanding how all the "parts" works together and got loads of very useful python code

Oct 18, 2024

Oct 18, 2024

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Andrew Gierer

Re-watching my cohort for the third time - there's just too much amazing information to gather in one pass!
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Andrew Gierer

Re-watching my cohort for the third time - there's just too much amazing information to gather in one pass!

Sep 4, 2024

Sep 4, 2024

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Jason Russell

I came into the course with extensive finance experience and minimal python experience. The course provided a fantastic tasting menu of the primary components of a python quant stack. This made the python learning experience much more engaging and I uncovered the areas that will benefit most from my focus going forward.
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Jason Russell

I came into the course with extensive finance experience and minimal python experience. The course provided a fantastic tasting menu of the primary components of a python quant stack. This made the python learning experience much more engaging and I uncovered the areas that will benefit most from my focus going forward.

Aug 23, 2024

Aug 23, 2024

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Egor
My main takeaway is that there is a practical way to approach tasks with a focus on results (I really loved the MVP concept). After going through numerous courses and making it halfway through my Master's program, I finally have something that works. I’ve realized that I tend to overcomplicate things, when there’s often a simpler way to implement everything I’ve been thinking about. 🙂
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Egor
My main takeaway is that there is a practical way to approach tasks with a focus on results (I really loved the MVP concept). After going through numerous courses and making it halfway through my Master's program, I finally have something that works. I’ve realized that I tend to overcomplicate things, when there’s often a simpler way to implement everything I’ve been thinking about. 🙂

Aug 23, 2024

Aug 23, 2024

Siddharth Nair
Siddharth Nair
1. The biggest way the course has helped me is by giving me a roadmap, python quant stack and the MVP python. There was focus when it comes to python. The stack leaves no room for exploration when it comes to tools. This is a very very solid quant stack. Through the live lessons I now have a roadmap to my goal. 2. This course has helped unlocking outcomes because of the focus with which certain concepts are covered and equipping us with the right tools. Other courses that I have taken either lack focus or cover the concepts and leave the exploration of the right tools to us. Either way I felt lost. With this course I now have a vision of what are my gaps, tools req to get the job done and how do I get to my final goal 3. The unexpected benefit has to be the community. Jason is himself very active on the community and there is an assurance that if I come across any problem in my journey then I could turn to the community and Jason for help.
Siddharth Nair
Siddharth Nair
1. The biggest way the course has helped me is by giving me a roadmap, python quant stack and the MVP python. There was focus when it comes to python. The stack leaves no room for exploration when it comes to tools. This is a very very solid quant stack. Through the live lessons I now have a roadmap to my goal. 2. This course has helped unlocking outcomes because of the focus with which certain concepts are covered and equipping us with the right tools. Other courses that I have taken either lack focus or cover the concepts and leave the exploration of the right tools to us. Either way I felt lost. With this course I now have a vision of what are my gaps, tools req to get the job done and how do I get to my final goal 3. The unexpected benefit has to be the community. Jason is himself very active on the community and there is an assurance that if I come across any problem in my journey then I could turn to the community and Jason for help.

Jun 17, 2024

Jun 17, 2024

Jeff Pancottine

Jeff Pancottine

This was by far the best trading class I have ever taken. I started my journey 15 years ago with technical analysis and worked my way up to Algo trading using other tools. Independently I learned python in the last few years and have been running a small hedge fund where I do most things. Jason's class fit the bill in terms of pulling things together for me. ROI was amazing; ~1K for all this info is fantastic. Jason's ability to communicate complex issues in a way that is consumable makes the difference. In particular the methods for evaluating factors and running testing on them was very useful. Thanks Jason!
Jeff Pancottine

Jeff Pancottine

This was by far the best trading class I have ever taken. I started my journey 15 years ago with technical analysis and worked my way up to Algo trading using other tools. Independently I learned python in the last few years and have been running a small hedge fund where I do most things. Jason's class fit the bill in terms of pulling things together for me. ROI was amazing; ~1K for all this info is fantastic. Jason's ability to communicate complex issues in a way that is consumable makes the difference. In particular the methods for evaluating factors and running testing on them was very useful. Thanks Jason!

Apr 12, 2024

Apr 12, 2024

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Zarko Stefanovski

This was the best course I have taken In my 28 year career in finance. Learning Python and Jason's course have been game-changing for me. The powerful tools that you learn on the course are extremely useful in many front office roles, especially trading and portfolio management.
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Zarko Stefanovski

This was the best course I have taken In my 28 year career in finance. Learning Python and Jason's course have been game-changing for me. The powerful tools that you learn on the course are extremely useful in many front office roles, especially trading and portfolio management.

Feb 24, 2024

Feb 24, 2024

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Hardik
This is the best course to kick start learning Python in quant finance space, great value for money and sets you up nicely for success. Return on investment is much higher for the amount of learning, free resources, life time access which we get in this course. I am pretty sure this course is going to have positive impact on my professional goal of upskilling myself and apply theory into practice based on framework and notebook provided in this course.
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Hardik
This is the best course to kick start learning Python in quant finance space, great value for money and sets you up nicely for success. Return on investment is much higher for the amount of learning, free resources, life time access which we get in this course. I am pretty sure this course is going to have positive impact on my professional goal of upskilling myself and apply theory into practice based on framework and notebook provided in this course.

Apr 13, 2024

Apr 13, 2024

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Keshav Patel
The course was extremely valuable in helping me get started with Python for quant finance. Jason was able to clearly explain backtesting, and shared knowledge to improve my own trading research. This course uniquely walked through examples, where the application to my own work was clearly relevant. The unexpected benefit of this course was the rapid confidence in utilizing python to help with my own personal projects.
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Keshav Patel
The course was extremely valuable in helping me get started with Python for quant finance. Jason was able to clearly explain backtesting, and shared knowledge to improve my own trading research. This course uniquely walked through examples, where the application to my own work was clearly relevant. The unexpected benefit of this course was the rapid confidence in utilizing python to help with my own personal projects.

Feb 23, 2024

Feb 23, 2024

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Frank Zirnkilton

I learned much from this course about both Python and quant finance, all of which was dependent upon the incredible support provided by Jason individually and by the PQN community. My sincere thanks to all.
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Frank Zirnkilton

I learned much from this course about both Python and quant finance, all of which was dependent upon the incredible support provided by Jason individually and by the PQN community. My sincere thanks to all.

Apr 12, 2024

Apr 12, 2024

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Jose

The course helped me to put in practice many concepts in quant finance that are not that simple to implement. Jason guidance was pretty useful and focused on real matters. Being able to connect using Python to my interactive brokers account was amazing and this is something I did not think was not even possible and simple. The difference this course makes is that it is 100% applied to real situations in quant finance!!!
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Jose

The course helped me to put in practice many concepts in quant finance that are not that simple to implement. Jason guidance was pretty useful and focused on real matters. Being able to connect using Python to my interactive brokers account was amazing and this is something I did not think was not even possible and simple. The difference this course makes is that it is 100% applied to real situations in quant finance!!!

Feb 28, 2024

Feb 28, 2024

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Ryan Plunkett

Both a concise and thorough presentation of actual use cases for Python from a practitioner's perspective. I had very little prior experience with Python and have yet to find a better place to start. The course is also easy to follow if you are unable to view the sessions live.
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Ryan Plunkett

Both a concise and thorough presentation of actual use cases for Python from a practitioner's perspective. I had very little prior experience with Python and have yet to find a better place to start. The course is also easy to follow if you are unable to view the sessions live.

Apr 15, 2024

Apr 15, 2024

Luis Rodriguez
Luis Rodriguez
The course definitely helped me get started in quant finance, not only with advanced Python templates and explained code but also, more importantly, with some concepts and professional approaches to trading that I hadn’t explored before. The information provided was too much to absorb in just a few weeks. I’m sure I’ll still find more jewels after dedicating more time to reviewing and analysing the classes and practising with the notebooks. I think I can use the Chinese proverb “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime” to describe the main difference between Jason’s course and other mainstream educators on trading. This course gave me the tools and pointed out some new techniques that I can use to explore and design my ideas. The most unexpected benefit for me was all the resources added to the “The Recipe Book”. It included many posts with videos and notebooks ready to download, covering options, portfolio construction, risk management and general trading. It is a tremendous and growing space to keep learning after we finish the cohort.
Luis Rodriguez
Luis Rodriguez
The course definitely helped me get started in quant finance, not only with advanced Python templates and explained code but also, more importantly, with some concepts and professional approaches to trading that I hadn’t explored before. The information provided was too much to absorb in just a few weeks. I’m sure I’ll still find more jewels after dedicating more time to reviewing and analysing the classes and practising with the notebooks. I think I can use the Chinese proverb “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime” to describe the main difference between Jason’s course and other mainstream educators on trading. This course gave me the tools and pointed out some new techniques that I can use to explore and design my ideas. The most unexpected benefit for me was all the resources added to the “The Recipe Book”. It included many posts with videos and notebooks ready to download, covering options, portfolio construction, risk management and general trading. It is a tremendous and growing space to keep learning after we finish the cohort.

Apr 15, 2024

Apr 15, 2024