The Simple Moving Average Crossover Strategy is one of many technical strategies used to predict the future price trend of an underlying security. This walkthrough will demonstrate how to use Intrinio’s API and End of Day Market Data to generate and backtest SMA trading signals quickly. Getting Started There are three components…

The walkthrough in Part I of this two-part tutorial demonstrated how to calculate portfolio weights. This Part II walkthrough will show you how to use these weights to automatically invest and rebalance a portfolio with Alpaca’s Trading API. What is the Alpaca Trading API? The Alpaca Trading API is an API interface that allows you to…

How blockchain technology is used in the fintech industry Blockchain technology has unquestionably transformed the financial services industry, and if you need a quick refresher on what blockchain technology is, please click here. So how exactly are fintech companies utilizing blockchain technology? For starters, the digital ledger helps fintech businesses through its distributed and decentralized structure, by successfully enabling…

What is a stock exchange, brokerage, and custody and clearing? A stock exchange is a place where investors can buy or sell shares of a publicly traded company and they have technically been around since the 1400’s. Today there are over 60 exchanges around the world! The process starts with Brokerage Firms and platforms such as Fidelity, Vanguard and Alpaca…

This blog is the first part of a two-part tutorial designed to demonstrate how Intrinio’s Financial Data API & Alpaca’s Trading API can be used in harmony to build and rebalance a portfolio on an ongoing basis effectively. Part II is Now Available Here This tutorial walkthrough will discuss: What are the Benefits of Rebalancing a…

Predicting a stock’s future price range with implied volatility is simple and easy. This tutorial walkthrough will discuss: What is Implied Volatility? Why Does Implied Volatility Impact Option Premiums? What Factors Impact Implied Volatility? Using Intrinio’s Real-Time Options API to Predict Stock Prices What is Implied Volatility? A product of the Black-Scholes model, implied…

Real-time market data meaning The term “real-time market data” refers to the insightful stock market data created from every transaction on Stock Market Exchanges. In a sense, real-time market data such as the latest bid & ask, last trade, volume, and overall order flow is a by product of a stock exchange’s business of…

The Acquirers Podcast: Tobias Carlisle, Jake Taylor, and Bill Brewster If you are a value investor, look no further than The Acquirers Podcast. The host Tobias Carlisle is an expert in the value investing landscape. He does an excellent job of selecting guest hosts who bring unique expertise to the table ranging from undervalued stocks, deep-value investing, shareholder activism…

What is the Piotroski F-Score? The Piotroski F-Score, named after accountant Joseph Piotroski, utilizes company financial statements and a binary ranking system to reflect the financial strength of a company. In total there are nine (9) criteria (or conditions) that make up the Piotroski Scoring Scale and a point is awarded for each criteria that…