Investing for Programmers

Understanding markets through data and code

Stefan Papp

• Publisher: Manning
• Year: 2025
• Topic: Computer Science
• eBook ISBN:
  9781638357780
• Subtopic: Data Mining
• Index: Computer Science

Maximize your portfolio, analyze markets, and make data-driven investment decisions using Python and generative AI.

Investing for Programmers shows you how you can turn your existing skills as a programmer into a knack for making sharper investment choices. You’ll learn how to use the Python ecosystem, modern analytic methods, and cutting-edge AI tools to make better decisions and improve the odds of long-term financial success.

In Investing for Programmers you’ll learn how to:

• Build stock analysis tools and predictive models
• Identify market-beating investment opportunities
• Design and evaluate algorithmic trading strategies
• Use AI to automate investment research
• Analyze market sentiments with media data mining

In Investing for Programmers you'll learn the basics of financial investment as you conduct real market analysis, connect with trading APIs to automate buy-sell, and develop a systematic approach to risk management. Don’t worry—there’s no dodgy financial advice or flimsy get-rich-quick schemes. Real-life examples help you build your own intuition about financial markets, and make better decisions for retirement, financial independence, and getting more from your hard-earned money.

About the technology

A programmer has a unique edge when it comes to investing. Using open-source Python libraries and AI tools, you can perform sophisticated analysis normally reserved for expensive financial professionals. This book guides you step-by-step through building your own stock analysis tools, forecasting models, and more so you can make smart, data-driven investment decisions.

About the book
Investing for Programmers shows you how to analyze investment opportunities using Python and machine learning. In this easy-to-read handbook, experienced algorithmic investor Stefan Papp shows you how to use Pandas, NumPy, and Matplotlib to dissect stock market data, uncover patterns, and build your own trading models. You’ll also discover how to use AI agents and LLMs to enhance your financial research and decision-making process.

What's inside

• Build stock analysis tools and predictive models
• Design algorithmic trading strategies
• Use AI to automate investment research
• Analyze market sentiment with media data mining

About the reader

For professional and hobbyist Python programmers with basic personal finance experience.

About the author

Stefan Papp combines 20 years of investment experience in stocks, cryptocurrency, and bonds with decades of work as a data engineer, architect, and software consultant.

Table of Contents

1 The analytical investor
2 Investment essentials
3 Collecting data
4 Growth portfolios
5 Income portfolios
6 Building an asset monitor
7 Risk management
8 AI for financial research
9 AI agents
10 Charts and technical analysis
11 Algorithmic trading
12 Private equity: Investing in start-ups
13 The road goes ever on and on
A Setting up the environment

Table of contents

• Investing for Programmers
• copyright
• contents
• dedication
• preface
• acknowledgments
• about this book
• about the author
• about the cover illustration
• 1 The analytical investor
• 2 Investment essentials
• 3 Collecting data
• 4 Growth portfolios
• 5 Income portfolios
• 6 Building an asset monitor
• 7 Risk management
• 8 AI for financial research
• 9 AI agents
• 10 Charts and technical analysis
• 11 Algorithmic trading
• 12 Private equity: Investing in start-ups
• 13 The road goes ever on and on
• Appendix. Setting up the environment