Unlock the World of Systematic Trading
Whether you’re a trader looking to deepen your quant skills, a developer bridging into systematic strategies, or a finance professional aiming to future-proof your career, this certificate gives the toolkit and mindset to operate at the intersection of markets + code. Enter the Algorithmic Trading Certificate (ATC) a 16 module, intensive online programme designed to equip you with the skills and insight needed to build, test, and deploy algorithmic trading strategies.
Why the ATC stands out:
🔸It covers the full systematic trading pipeline from data ingestion through feature engineering, modelling, execution and performance measurement.
🔸Databento: ATC students now get access to Databento for their final projects.
🔸It’s designed for the real world: hands-on final project and practitioners teaching theory + real experience.
🔸Inclusive and global: there’s an emerging-markets subsidy and regional / group discount structure.
🔸Global Start Times: Accessible for many participants worldwide.
🔸Comprehensive hands-on final project: designed to consolidate and apply the practical skills developed throughout the course.
ATC Partner: Databento
ATC students now get access to Databento for their final projects.
Databento makes it simpler and faster to get market data. Our self-service model allows users to instantly pick up live exchange feeds and terabytes of historical data – and only pay for what they use. Databento provides both historical and real-time data, both raw PCAPs and normalized data, both usage-based pricing and affordable monthly subscriptions, as well as connectivity solutions. Since launching 2 years ago, Databento has gained over 12,000 customers, from early-stage startups to the largest financial institutions in the world. Databento’s team has walked in the shoes of its customers, bringing years of experience running high-frequency trading desks from firms like Two Sigma, Flow Traders, Virtu, and Tower Research.
Sign up for $125 in credits and download sample data at: https://to.dbn.to/wbs
About the programme
Throughout our unique programme, we provide a strong foundation in the tools and techniques used in algorithmic trading. Studying you’ll learn the basic programming concepts, moving through advanced trading strategies and discovering methods for research into new alpha sources. Applying everything in hands-on projects throughout the course. Unlike the other courses, the Algorithmic Trading: Practitioners Guide course takes a hands-on approach to building trading pipelines, from data to features to modelling to allocation to execution to performance measurement, guiding the student through common practice as well as areas of innovation.
Level up your career: Understanding advanced trading strategies, Impact of Machine Learning and methods for research into new alpha sources. The ATC is a career-enhancing professional certificate, that can be taken worldwide.
Niccolò Bagnoli: PhD candidate, Quantitative Finance, ESADE Business School (Cohort 4 – 2025)
“The ATC provided exactly the bridge I needed between advanced financial theory and real-world strategy design. Over twelve focused weeks, the instructors unpacked market microstructure fundamentals, order flow dynamics and systematic risk modelling with a clarity that deepened and often challenged my PhD-level quantitative intuition.
Xaver Karl-Johann Muschik: Manager, d-fine (Cohort 4 – 2025)
“I had two main objectives. First, I wanted to build a stronger theoretical foundation in algorithmic trading to better understand how traders generate ideas and how a solid risk management framework should be structured.
Second, I wanted hands-on experience. I knew this would just be the starting point, but I wanted to learn how to actually build algorithms. This programme brought both of those aspects together really well.”
Salvatore Stefanelli: Senior Quantitative Analyst, Standard Chartered Bank (Cohort 2 – 2024)
“What stood out to me was the mix of faculty both academics and practitioners. They brought together the best of both worlds. They not only explained the theory behind what we were learning but also shared real-world experience and how it applies in practice. That combination was really powerful.
Now that I’m working closely with investment professionals, I’ve had to get used to a whole new jargon and way of thinking especially around trading strategies, algorithms, and coding. The ATC gave me a solid introduction to that world.
Even though I’m still learning on the job, the foundation I got from the program has been extremely helpful. I’m now internalising what I learned and applying it practically on a day-to-day basis.”
🌍 Empowering Global Talent
The ATC also offers an Emerging Markets Subsidy, making high-quality algorithmic trading education accessible to promising talent from developing and underrepresented regions. This initiative helps level the playing field, empowering professionals globally to break into a competitive and high-reward field.
To find out if you’re eligible, please submit an enquiry.
🌐 Regional & Group Discount: Global regional & group discount fee structures.
Group Discount: If 2 or more people from your institution wish to take The Algorithmic Trading Certificate (ATC): A Practitioner’s Guide please contact us. If you have a wider interest, preferred supplier agreements offer best value.
Regional Offers: Get in contact for offers in your geographic region.
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