Duration
21 hours (usually 3 days including breaks)
Requirements
- An understanding of statistics
- Experience in the financial industry is helpful
- An understanding of relational databases
- Some experience with programming is helpful, but not required
Overview
kdb+ is an in-memory, column-oriented database and q is its built-in, interpreted vector-based language. In kdb+, tables are columns of vectors and q is used to perform operations on the table data as if it was a list. kdb+ and q are commonly used in high frequency trading and are popular with the major financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan, etc.
In this instructor-led, live training, participants will learn how to create a time series data application using kdb+ and q.
By the end of this training, participants will be able to:
- Understand the difference between a row-oriented database and a column-oriented database
- Select data, write scripts and create functions to carry out advanced analytics
- Analyze time series data such as stock and commodity exchange data
- Use kdb+’s in-memory capabilities to store, analyze, process and retrieve large data sets at high speed
- Think of functions and data at a higher level than the standard function(arguments) approach common in non-vector languages
- Explore other time-sensitive applications for kdb+, including energy trading, telecommunications, sensor data, log data, and machine and network usage monitoring
Audience
- Developers
- Database engineers
- Data scientists
- Data analysts
Format of the course
- Part lecture, part discussion, exercises and heavy hands-on practice
Course Outline
To request a customized course outline for this training, please contact us.