EPAT, Quantra or both! What should you take up and Why?

To Chinaka Takar

With a wide range of courses, QuantInsti understands the need to know exactly what the EPAT and Quantra courses offer and how they differ.

When trying to find the best course for you, a number of questions can arise, such as the benefits of taking a particular course, placement questions, and types of learning platforms.

The table below describes the features of each program. You can check the features mentioned in the table to find out which program is best for you.

Now that we’ve given you a basic overview of EPAT and Quantra with a distinction table, let’s take a closer look at each program.

This article contains:

What are EPATs?

The Algorithmic Trading Executive Program (EPAT®) helps students step-by-step to:

• learn
• Automation
• transaction

Additionally, this is a 6-month online part-time course with access to the following concepts or modules:

An exam is then given to determine your level of understanding of the concepts.

What is Quantra?

Quantra offers learning tracks with different courses under each track. When you visit this page, learning tracks with relevant courses are suggested based on your learning goals.

Here’s how to find the best learning track for you based on your learning goals.

Quantra also allows paper trading/live trading.

Overall – EPAT and Quantla

This section describes:

• What is unique?
• what’s best for you?

Both EPAT and Quantra are complementary courses and offer great benefits. If you are a beginner, you can choose an introductory course such as “Algorithmic Trading for Everyone” in Quantra’s Learning Tracks before transitioning to EPAT.

EPAT is aimed at anyone seeking automated quantitative trading and trading strategies for their modern trading journey. You can enroll in EPAT, take tutorial sessions as a beginner, and get a primer to help you get started.

Quantra allows you to start from scratch with the basic course and work your way up to the advanced course, even if you’ve never coded before or created a trading strategy.

Learning takes time, so we encourage you to regularly study and practice the hands-on learning exercises provided in the course. With various authors including Dr. Ernest P. Chan, Mr. Laurent Bernut, NSE Academy, Mr. FXCM and Dr. Thomas Starke, Quantra guarantees knowledge from the experts.

Learn more about both courses with their uniqueness, curriculum and tips on which program is right for you.

What is unique?

EPAT

The EPAT program is specifically designed to ensure that students cover the most important topics to become an algorithmic trader in as little as six months. Each topic covered in the EPAT program provides step-by-step knowledge needed to help automate your trading strategies.

Well, to illustrate the unique points of EPAT, I have prepared a list like this:

• Dedicated support manager and lifelong support/learning
• carrier cell
• live lecture
• alumni community
• Limited to guest lectures
• Industry reputation
• A platform to learn from the experiences of practitioners

Quantla

Quantra courses are specially designed with learning tracks specific to your requirements. Each learning track consists of courses for learning concepts from basic to advanced level. This way you get a series of courses that are offered on each broad concept.

For example, known as Learning Tracks. Algorithmic trading for beginners It consists of courses that must be completed in stages to combine your knowledge of the concepts. The recommended course starts at the basic level, progresses to the beginner level and finally to the intermediate level.

Watch this video to learn more about the Quantra course and its learning experience.

what is best for you

Both EPAT and Quantra offer ‘In-depth knowledge’ courses that cover all important concepts, so we want to help you decide which one is best for you. We have listed these points according to different factors. They are:

Choose EPAT if:

• I want comprehensive training in a 6-month program
• I want to gain maximum exposure and knowledge
• If you need help with hands-on practice after completing the course
• You want to stay in constant contact with our experts for answers to your questions after class and if you need ongoing support from a dedicated support manager during your program
• I prefer interacting with faculty to gain a deeper understanding of concepts.
• We have over 350 referral partners and would like to consider a wide range of referral partners as we can provide the best referrals.

Choose Quantra if:

• We are looking for specialties in the trading area, such as machine learning implementation in financial markets, natural language processing and its implementation.
• I want to complete the course at my own pace, not bound by time
• I want to practice Python and its applications in trading
• I want to automate my trading strategy and implement it in my trading platform
• Understand financial markets, at least on a basic level
• you prefer self study

Watch the lockdown story and learn about his experience with Kevin Gaughan, an EPATian and avid Quantra course student from New York.

Conclusion

For all courses available on QuantInsti, this blog aims to provide a quick overview of what the EPAT and Quantra programs offer and how they can be beneficial. Both programs are specifically designed to help students learn to automate trading based on their respective circumstances and areas of expertise.

Our students range from beginners to professional traders, which is why we separate our programs. In short, EPAT is aimed at traders looking for a quantitative view and automation of their trading strategies.

Quantra’s courses, on the other hand, are designed with learning tracks that are perfect for everyone, depending on the pace you choose. For beginners, there are courses that provide in-depth knowledge of the topic, and for pros, you can skip the beginner course and learn from the advanced set even on the same learning track. Quantra courses have the advantage of being self-paced with interactive features.

If you want to know more about algorithmic trading, please see: algo trading course. This course comprehensively covers all topics related to algorithmic trading. You will be enrolled in the program for 6 months. The EPAT program will help you grow in the field of algorithmic and quantitative trading with the help of world-class faculty and a vast array of topics covered.

Note: The original post was revised on July 3, 2023 for accuracy and currency.

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