Quantitative Courses

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There is a program in Chicago that does teach trading techniques but I wouldn't recommend it. You'd be better of getting a Masters in Mathematical Finance and then applying that to the financial markets. If you can complete this program (the second link) you'll have a tremendous edge over the competiton.

http://www.stuart.iit.edu/graduateprograms/ms/finance/concentrations/trading.shtml

http://www.iit.edu/mathematical_finance/

Here are the program requirements. The suggested schedule at the bottom is a good course to follow. Perhaps the most important classes in that series are Mathematical Finance I & II.

http://www.iit.edu/mathematical_finance/academics/

Quote from LeeD:

this is a good list. if you approach the course creatively, all of these teach you how not to loose money too fast. none of them actually teach how to make money.... andposition scaling on 5-second timescale is different from scaling on a monthly timescale.