Advanced Certificate in Technical Trading: Algorithmic Trading
- Finance & Investment
This programme is conducted on-campus.
To use your SkillsFuture Credit, please submit your claim through our payment portal. Do not submit the claim manually via the SkillsFuture page. Please refer to our step-by-step guide here.
3 days
Weeknights (7pm - 10.30pm)
Saturday (9am - 6pm)
Who Should Attend
- Professionals interested in using Technical Analysis as a skill set to develop their financial career
- Self-taught traders interested in improving or widening their skill set
- Anyone including beginners with keen interest in learning about Technical Trading
PREREQUISITES
- A Bachelor's Degree; or
- A Diploma with at least 1 year of working experience
Overview
The programme is designed to provide traders with insights into the mechanics of AT development using the AT Robot Developmental Cycle. With pre-prepared codes, participants will experience and appreciate the development cycle, exploring basic, advanced and learning versions of a trading robot. By the end of the programme, they will be proficient in configuring and testing these robots across a range of financial assets.
This is a sequential programme and is not available on a standalone basis.
Learning Objectives
At the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the Algorithmic Trading (AT) Development Cycle
- Appreciate the Technical Skills and Competencies (TSC) in AT Development
- Understand the Principles of Successful AT Development
- Experience the AT Development Cycle and perform backtesting and live testing of robots with pre-prepared Codes of a Basic, Advanced, and Learning Trading Robot
- Configure the pre-prepared robots to test out the trading parameters desired by the learner and analyse the robots’ performance
Assessment
As part of the requirement for SkillsFuture Singapore, there will be an assessment conducted at the end of the course. The mode of assessment, which is up to the trainer’s discretion, may be an online quiz, a presentation or based on classroom exercises.
Participants are required to attain a minimum of 75% attendance and pass the associated assessment in order to receive a digital Certificate of Completion issued by SMU Academy.
Calculate Programme Fee
Fee Table
| EMPLOYER-SPONSORED | |||
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PARTICIPANT PROFILE |
SELF-SPONSORED |
SME |
NON-SME |
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Singapore Citizen < 40 years old Permanent Resident LTVP+
|
$719.40 (After SSG Funding 70%) |
$279.40 (After SSG Funding 70% |
$719.40 (After SSG Funding 70%) |
|
Singapore Citizen ≥ 40 years old |
$279.40 (After SSG Funding 70% |
$279.40 (After SSG Funding 70% |
$279.40 (After SSG Funding 70% |
|
International Participant |
$2,398 (No Funding) |
$2,398 (No Funding) |
$2,398 (No Funding) |
All prices include 9% GST
Please note that the programme fees are subject to change without prior notice.
Post Secondary Education Account (PSEA)
PSEA can be utilised for subsidised programmes eligible for SkillsFuture Credit support. Click here to find out more.
Self Sponsored
SkillsFuture Credit
Singapore Citizens aged 25 and above may use their SkillsFuture Credits to pay for the course fees. The credits may be used on top of existing course fee funding.
This is only applicable to self-sponsored participants. Application to utilise SkillsFuture Credits can be submitted when making payment for the course via the SMU Academy TMS Portal, and can only be made within 60 days of course start date.
Please click here for more information on the SkillsFuture Credit. For help in submitting an SFC claim, you may wish to refer to our step-by-step guide on claiming SkillsFuture Credits (Individual).Workfare Skills Support Scheme
From 1 July 2023, the Workfare Skills Support (WSS) scheme has been enhanced. Please click here for more details.
Employer Sponsored
Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS)
- Organisation must be registered or incorporated in Singapore
- Employment size of not more than 200 or with annual sales turnover of not more than $100 million
- Trainees must be hired in accordance with the Employment Act and fully sponsored by their employers for the course
- Trainees must be Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
- Trainees must not be a full-time national serviceman
- Trainees are eligible for ETSS funding only if their company's SME status is approved prior to the course commencement date. To verify your SME's status, please click here.
Please click here for more information on ETSS.
Absentee Payroll
Employers who sponsor their employees for the course may apply for Absentee Payroll here. For more information, please refer to:
AP Guide (Non-SME Companies)
Declaration Guide (SME Companies)
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*Registration will close 5 calendar days before the course start date, or once the class is full, whichever comes first.
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