A Stock Trading Strategy With On-Balance Volume (OBV) & Python

Stock Trading Strategy Using On-Balance Volume (OBV) & Python

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In this article you will learn a simple trading strategy used to predict price movements using the Python programming language. More specifically you will learn how to perform algorithmic trading. It is extremely hard to try and predict the stock market momentum direction, but in this article I will give it a try. Even people with a good understanding of statistics and probabilities have a hard time doing this.

Algorithmic trading is a process for executing orders utilizing automated and pre-programmed trading instructions to account for variables such as price, timing and volume. -investopedia.com

Python is one of the hottest programming languages for finance, so we will use it and an indicator called the On-Balance Volume or (OBV) to create a trading strategy to know when to buy and sell stocks.

Disclaimer: The material in this article is purely educational and should not be taken as professional investment advice. Invest at your own…