Resources
Course-specific links for the Stock Market Analytics Zoomcamp. For general zoomcamp logistics, see Zoomcamp Logistics.
GitHub repository
github.com/DataTalksClub/stock-markets-analytics-zoomcamp
Each module has its own folder with a README, video links, and homework. Cohort-specific homework, deadlines, and past materials are under the cohorts folder.
Video lectures
Lectures for this course are published on the PythonInvest YouTube channel, not the DataTalks.Club channel.
Launch and Q&A sessions, a good place to start:
Prep workshops
Two recorded workshops show what a good capstone or automation project looks like:
- Economics and Automation: Building a Data Pipeline for Economic Insights
- Predicting Financial Time-Series
Watch both before the course starts, then fork the code and run it.
FAQ
The Stock Market Analytics Zoomcamp FAQ collects module-specific and technical questions from previous cohorts.
Slack
Questions and discussion happen in the #course-stocks-analytics-zoomcamp channel on DataTalks.Club Slack. Read Asking Questions first.
PythonInvest
The instructor writes long-read analytical articles on stock market analytics:
Tools and data sources used in the course
- Google Colab - where most of the course code runs.
- yfinance - free price data across many exchanges.
- Alpha Vantage and polygon.io - fundamental data and news, with free tiers.
- TA-Lib - technical indicators.
- pandas, numpy, matplotlib, seaborn, and Plotly Express.
- Streamlit and GitHub Actions - dashboards and scheduled workflows.
Suggested reading
These sources help you pick a project idea:
Books recommended in the repository:
- The Trading Game: A Confession, by Gary Stevenson
- Unknown Market Wizards, by Jack Schwager
- The Man Who Solved the Market, by Gregory Zuckerman
- The Tao of Trading, by Simon Ree
- The Unlucky Investor’s Guide to Options Trading, by Julia Spina