27 September, 2025From algorithms to intelligence: How AI is reshaping quantitative finance education
AI is transforming quantitative finance, from smarter trading models to portfolio optimization. QuantInsti’s hands-on courses help traders and students apply these techniques effectively in real markets
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24 September, 2025GenAI is democratising algo trading, but experts warn on quality and regulation risks
Generative AI is lowering entry barriers in algorithmic trading, enabling even small firms and retail traders to crunch complex datasets and test strategies. But experts warn that poor data quality and opaque models could invite both blow-ups and tougher regulation.
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19 September, 2025Interns Are Making Up to $14,000 a Month at Indian Trading Firms
High-speed trading firms in India now pay interns up to ₹1.25 million ($14,000) a month amid fierce competition for top talent. Despite tighter regulations, hiring and expansion continue as algorithmic trading drives 70% of equity derivatives activity.
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28 August, 2025Gold Is Unpredictable. Your Trading Doesn’t Have to Be
In the article, Ishan Shah explains how traders can use machine learning models to bring structure to gold trading despite its unpredictability. He outlines a four-step process for building and testing models using features like volatility and moving averages, while noting their limits in predicting sudden market shifts.
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18 June, 2025Why Algo Trading is Vital for an Efficient Capital Market
India’s capital market regulator recently came out with a new set of rules for algorithmic trading in the county to improve compliance and protect retail investors. These clear regulations will only make the algo trading ecosystem robust, supporting its widespread and responsible adoption.
Read More 17 April, 2025India’s Systematic Awakening: Nitesh Khandelwal On The Rise Of Retail Algo Trading
In this engaging interview, Nitesh Khandelwal, Co-Founder & Director of QuantInsti, discusses how India’s trading landscape is undergoing a fundamental shift — with retail traders embracing discipline, automation, and data-driven strategies like never before
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12 December, 2024Quantitative Trading: Are Algorithms the Future of Financial Markets?
In this episode of Money Code, with Nitesh Khandelwal, we delve into the world of quantitative trading, which relies on algorithms and mathematical models to analyze markets and make decisions.
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07 July, 2022IIM Lucknow and QuantInsti to Launch Data Science in Finance Course for Professionals
IIM Lucknow and QuantInsti to Launch Data Science in Finance Course for Professionals
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21 March, 2022Bitbns partners with QuantInsti to launch Bitbns Academy
Bitbns and QuantInsti launch Bitbns academy - a dedicated online education platform, for the users of the Bitbns platform who will be able to access a multitude of certificate courses on Cryptocurrency…
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19 January, 2022JAGSoM and QuantInsti Launch PG Diploma
JAGSoM and QuantInsti have collaborated to present a comprehensive PG Diploma in Capital Market Management for students and working professionals aspiring to jumpstart their careers…
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27 June, 2022IIM Lucknow and QuantInsti to Launch Data Science in Finance Course
India’s premier management institute IIM Lucknow and QuantInsti, the global leader in providing training in Algorithmic and Quantitative Trading have collaborated to launch a 6-month certification programme on data science in finance.
Read More 13 January, 2020Algorithmic Trading | Pair trading
This article talks about pair trading for stocks, a statistical arbitrage strategy, which is based on the mean reversion principle. It helps understand how to choose stocks for pair trading, talks about stationary time series and more…
Read More 29 September, 2020QuantInsti Celebrates 10 Years of Serving Quant Traders Globally
Learn, Automate, Trade - The 3 words that have defined QuantInsti throughout its existence of 10 years. In 2020, QuantInsti celebrates its 10th Anniversary.
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11 November, 2019Cash flow is King
This article highlights the importance of focusing on cash flows from operation, explains how the higher cash flows from operations translate into higher profits, & how it would reward investors eventually…
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08 November, 2019Is sentiment important in your trading or investment decisions?
This article explains in depth how incorporating sentiment information has its own challenges, and how traders and investors need to be wary of false positives…
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08 September, 2019Future of Trading
Given the speed at which transactions take place, algorithmic trading increases liquidity. For exchanges to stay competitive, continuous innovation is a must…
Read More 06 September, 2019Algorithmic Trading | Momentum trading
In the previous article of this series, you learnt the different types of execution strategies as well as their approaches. After reading this article, you will be able to trade…
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06 September, 2019Today both bulls and bears need python
Traders who entered the ring around the turn of the century have witnessed how technology has taken over stock markets. From the obscure era of open outcry to writing…
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19 August, 2019PaisaVaisa Podcast: The Algo Trading
It's the 200th episode of Paisa Vaisa!! To mark this milestone host Anupam is joined by Mr. Nitesh Khandelwal, CEO & Co-founder at QuantInsti…
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16 August, 2019Making algorithmic trading accessible
Back in the seventies, stock market traders realized they could create complex mathematical equations, input financial values and gain quicker insights to get an edge over…
Read More 11 July, 2019Can bots decipher public sentiment?
Bots can follow news trends but can they decipher news sentiment to make investment decisions? It's a double-edged sword…
Read More 28 May, 2019How to assess Twitter's impact
Social media channels have great potential as a source of alternate data for investors. But they present new challenges as well…
Read More 25 May, 2019How execution strategies are used
The next article in the series of Algorithmic trading looks at how execution strategies and how they can be used in the financial markets…
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11 May, 2019Factor investing- smart way of investing
Market theories tell us that returns of any stock can be explained by a set of hidden variables, plus a residual bit unique to that stock…
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07 May, 2019Interview With Nitesh Khandelwal
Not to give too much weight to the past, things are constantly changing/evolving and what used to or didn’t use to work earlier may not work or may work now…
Read More April 13, 2019Facts About Algorithmic Trading
In 2008, SEBI permitted automated trading in India. Since then, the number of firms using algorithmic trading has been on the rise, with current estimates putting the figure at 50%…
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25 March, 2019Machine learning reduces trading costs
Machine Learning and Data Analytics are making trading much more efficient. Together, they complement each other and act as catalysts towards improved ability…
Read More 15 March, 2019Here's how to automate your algorithmic
If you've been trading, it would be beneficial to transform your strategy into an easily programmable rule-based strategy or into a well-researched and tested quantitative…
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25 February, 2019Want to become ace stock market trader?
To become an algorithmic trader, you need three things: Knowledge of financial markets, quantitative skills, and coding skills, suggests Nitesh Khandelwal…
Read More 17 February, 2019Algorithmic trading a 'prerequisite'
With technology, data sciences and automated trading beginning to play a big role, this skill is fast becoming a prerequisite…
Read More 04 February, 2019These skills will help you master
As we observed in the previous article of this series, the global algorithmic trading market is growing rapidly, leading to a rising need for individuals skilled for it…
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18 January, 2019WorldQuant & QuantInsti Partnership
WorldQuant, the global quantitative asset management firm, and QuantInsti, the algorithmic trading research and training institute, today announced a new hiring partnership…
Read More 10 January, 2019What is algorithmic trading?
In this Moneycontrol podcast, we dig deeper into how you can get into algorithmic trading, what qualifications you need to have, and what bear traps you need to be aware of&AudioProcessingEvent;
Read More 07 January, 2019All you need to know about algorithmic trading
Algorithmic Trading involves building and implementing trading strategies using computer codes and programming…
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26 December, 2018Algorithmic trading to gain significant ground
80% of daily trading volumes in the U.S.A is done by machines, says a CNBC report. Unbelievable? It’s a fact. This is the reality of trading today. How? Algorithms…
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19 December, 2018How is Machine Learning Used In Market?
We have all seen that when we upload a picture on social media, we get a prompt to tag the user in the photo.The remarkable thing is that it has correctly identified the person too…
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06 November, 2018Setting up Algorithmic Trading Desk
Algorithmic trading has dawned in on a new age that is giving power to individual traders to trade skillfully using the power of maths…
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15 October, 2018Slow & steady, algo trading takes up
Algorithmic trading, a gift of technological advancement to the stock market, is catching up fast with Indian traders and investors…
Read More 13 October, 20183 Myths About Algorithmic Trading
Algorithmic Trading is often confused with similar concepts and terminologies like quantitative trading, HFT and Automated trading, here are few of them that everyone needs…
Read More 16 September, 2018A Beginners Guide To Algorithmic Trading
Giants like Citibank have started training their employees in the programming language Python. A move to train employees in programming to improve their overall banking operations…
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06 September, 2018The Essence of Algo Trading
"India is now one of the fastest growing emerging markets and so is the population that has access to the financial institutions" says, Nitesh Khandelwal…
Read More 30 August, 2018How To Catch A Falling Knife
Investors are always advised that they should never try to catch a falling knife. Tanay Loya and Yogesh Supekar explain why catching a falling knife deftly can be highly profitable…
Read More 30 July, 2018Online interactive courses on AI in trading
While the whole world is talking about machines taking over the financial markets, QuantInsti is busy prepping the next generation of algorithmic and quantitative traders…
Read More 08 May, 2018Share of Algorithmic trading grows
Algorithmic trading in India across the cash and derivatives market as a percentage of total turnover has increased up to 49.8% in eight years from merely 9.26% (average) in 2010…
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01 May, 2018FX Algos set to proliferate
A new report from Greenwich Associates has found that approximately 20% of institutional foreign exchange trading volume is now executed via algos…
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07 November, 2017Power of technology to shape future of trading
Professionals endowed with the traditional set of skills are discovering that they will have to quickly learn a new set of skills to stay relevant and competitive…
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01 March, 2017Growing Trend in Algo Trading
Algorithmic Trading is widely recognized as one of the fastest moving bandwagons in the capital markets…
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