Statistics for the Trading Floor: Data Science for Investing (For The Trading Floor Series) Paperback – May 14, 2020

Great book. It is basically a introductory course to statistics with a focus on trading applications. It is an easy read for a statistics book and does a great job of explaining many topics.

Easy read. Examples mostly finance related. I give copies as gifts to tech savy friends.

I really enjoyed this book. I like Patrick's content on YouTube, but wanted to dig in more to how you would analyze market data and what approaches you could take to building up a trading strategy. This is an excellent tool for the background that I wanted to build in this area.

Its a good book to read, but it feels like the author just compiled bunch of topics together and published the book. No mention of how this all comes together into a systematic trend following hedge fund. How these topics are actually implemented into trading strategies. Etc.

Patrick's book is great for anyone doing the CFA program. I found it to be an invaluable resource which made the Quant material a breeze to understand, especially considering it's weight in the exams. Patrick explains the material in a relatable format so you understand the material conceptually and the book is quick to get through. Highly recommend to all, and especially others in the industry studying for CFA or FRM.

This reads like a regular entry level statistics text but without the rigor.Very little information on trading either, you'd be better off with a regular stats book, it's the same info.

I am so far about half way through this book, and am enjoying it more than I expected. I buy all of Patrick Boyles' books, as he has the great skill of being able to explain complex ideas clearly, and writes educational books that are easy to read.So far I have learned quite a lot from this book and look forward to learning more. He draws examples from financial markets and trading, making this book really useful to those who work in markets. Most other statistics books use examples drawn from medical studies and election polling.While this is a university textbook, it is written without any jargon, and can be read from cover to cover by someone like me who is trying to understand how investment professionals use statistics in order to do better analysis.

The content of the book is no different from what you’ll get in a Statistics course but very condensed. I don’t think the concepts are explained in a simple manner — which is a surprise because Patrick Boyle does a great job explaining things in YouTube. The book is too theoretical. Given its title I would have expected many more examples, specially those related to trading and finance.

Hubiera esperado que indicara cómo usar toda la estadística que describe

The book is a collection of statistical concepts. While some of them are advanced (e.g., autoregression) and relevant for investment practice, the book lacks practical knowledge and applications.

I am surprised how simple things are so effective, i am in trading business for quite a while and this book was not only a good refressher, but also a reminder that keep it simple often works much better. Floor series is amazing i wonder whay they stopped doing more.

Good book, help you to understand what statistics you may need in a trading/financial environment and how you can use it (in a theoretical way).By the way, you better know the subjects at prior, and how to code it (that's imply have notions about descriptive statistic and inference statistic and be good with a programming language to put all that at work).IF YOU NEVER STUDY STATISTIC, OR IF YOU HAVE NO UNDERSTAND ABOUT ANY PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE I DISCOURAGE YOU TO BUY THIS BOOK.

I used this book as a complement to my CFA Level 1 studies. It is definitely helped to get a different perspective on some of the trickier topics. Would prefer the answers to the End of Chapter questions actually in the book.