Machine Learning for Quantitative Finance
Free Advanced course · 10 lessons · 4 weeks · Certificate on completion
Apply ML to market data while respecting the traps of financial time series. Across 10 lessons you'll move from fundamentals to a portfolio-ready outcome — at your own pace, with quizzes after each lesson and a final exam to certify your mastery.
What you'll learn
- What makes financial data hard
- Returns, volatility and regimes
- Feature engineering from prices
- Labelling: triple-barrier method
- Purged cross-validation
- Tree models for signals
Skills you'll pick up
- What makes financial data hard
- Returns, volatility and regime
- Feature engineering from price
- Labelling: triple-barrier meth
- Purged cross-validation
- Tree models for signals
Tools covered
- Quant ML
- Real-world projects
- Quizzes
- Final exam
Course modules
Module 1: What makes financial data hard
Module 1 of Machine Learning for Quantitative Finance. 3 lessons · 3h
Module 2: Labelling: triple-barrier method
Module 2 of Machine Learning for Quantitative Finance. 3 lessons · 3h
Module 3: Backtesting without bias
Module 3 of Machine Learning for Quantitative Finance. 2 lessons · 2h
Module 4: Risk management
Module 4 of Machine Learning for Quantitative Finance. 2 lessons · 2h
Lessons in this course
- What makes financial data hard
- Returns, volatility and regimes
- Feature engineering from prices
- Labelling: triple-barrier method
- Purged cross-validation
- Tree models for signals
- Backtesting without bias
- Portfolio construction
- Risk management
- Why most strategies fail
Instructor
Tomás Herrera — Staff Data Scientist
Tomás Herrera is a Staff Data Scientist with years of hands-on experience teaching Quant ML to thousands of learners worldwide.
Certificate
Finish every lesson and pass the final exam to earn a free, verifiable Learnera certificate for Machine Learning for Quantitative Finance. It can be downloaded as a PDF and shared on LinkedIn.
Career outcomes
Median global salary $170,000 per year · median India salary ₹23,80,000 per year · 67,750 open roles worldwide
- Quant ML Specialist
- Senior Quant ML Lead
- Quant ML Consultant
Frequently asked questions
Is the Machine Learning for Quantitative Finance course free?
Yes. Every Learnera course, including Machine Learning for Quantitative Finance, is completely free — lessons, quizzes, the final exam, and the certificate.
How long does Machine Learning for Quantitative Finance take?
10 lessons, typically completed in 4 weeks at a comfortable pace.
Do I get a certificate?
Yes — pass the final exam and you receive a free, verifiable certificate you can share on LinkedIn.