Welcome to the course
See what you will build and where to begin.
What you will build
A small program that reads prices, follows a rule, and records pretend trades.
You will start with a simple question: is the latest price above the average of the last three prices? That is a learning example, not a proven trading strategy.
How to follow along
There are four parts:
- Understand markets. Learn what an algorithm does and how prices form.
- Build a signal. Calculate a moving average with a few made-up prices.
- Test your idea. Check a rule on past data without looking ahead.
- Build the program. Use AI tools to write the pieces and inspect simulated trades.
Read one lesson, try its small exercise, then use Next lesson at the bottom. You can leave the optional articles until later.
What you need
For now, a notebook or a spreadsheet and basic arithmetic. The coding comes later. You do not need an exchange account or a deposit to follow these examples.
Some lessons are still marked Sample draft. Those are short versions while the course is being developed.
Your first step
Write this at the top of a page:
My program will read information, follow a rule, and explain its decision.
Next, you will turn that sentence into a concrete example.