HANDS-ON DEEP LEARNING FOR FINANCE

Outline

Quantitative methods are the vanguard of the investment management industry. This book shows how to enhance trading strategies and investments in financial markets using deep learning algorithms.

This book is an excellent reference to understand how deep learning models can be leveraged to capture insights from financial data. You will implement deep learning models using Python libraries such as TensorFlow and Keras. You will learn various deep learning algorithms to build models for understanding financial market dynamics and exploiting them in a systematic manner. This book takes a pragmatic approach to address various aspects of asset management. The information content in non-structured data like news flow is crystalized using BLSTM. Autoencoders for efficient index replication is discussed in detail. You will use CNN to develop a trading signal with simple technical indicators, and improvements offered by more complex techniques such as CapsNets. Volatility is given due emphasis by demonstrating the superiority of forecasts employing LSTM, and Monte Carlo simulations using GAN for value at risk computations. These are then brought together by implementing deep reinforcement learning for automated trading.

This book will serve as a continuing reference for implementing deep learning models to build investment strategies.

Chapters

1. Deep Learning for Finance 101
2. Designing Neural Network Architectures
3. Constructing, Testing, and Validating Models
4. Index Replication by Autoencoders
5. Volatility Forecasting by LSTM
6. Trading Rule Identification by CNN
7. Asset Allocation by LSTM over a CNN
8. Digesting News Using NLP with BLSTM
9. Risk Measurement Using GAN
10. Chart Visual Analysis by Transfer Learning
11. Better Chart Analysis Using CapsNets
12. Training Trader Robots Using Deep Reinforcement Learning
13. What Next?

About the authors

Luigi Troiano

Luigi Troiano, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, and Machine Learning at the University of Salerno (Italy), Dept. of Management and Innovation Systems. He is a coordinator of Computational and Intelligent System Engineering Lab at the University of Sannio and an NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute University Ambassador. He is also the chairman of the ISO/JTC 1/SC 42, AI and Big Data, Italian section.

Arjun Bhandari

Arjun Bhandari is Chief Investment Officer of a family office. His previous positions have been Head of Quantitative Strategies at ADIA ( largest sovereign wealth fund in the middle east ) and APG Investments ( largest pension plan in Europe ). He has been deploying quantitative techniques for multi-asset class investments for over 20 years, bringing this experience to bear on his most recent focus on machine learning applied to fund management.

Elena Mejuto Villa

Elena Mejuto Villa, Ph.D., is a data scientist in the Advanced Analytics team for Technology Services Consulting in a multinational firm in Milan. She completed her Master’s Degree in Telecommunication Engineering at the University of Oviedo (Spain), and she received her Ph.D. in Information Technologies for Engineering from the University of Sannio (Italy).