Table of contents : Preface 1 Introduction 2 Financial Markets and Instruments 3 Basic Concepts in Quantitative Trading 4 Machine Learning Basics 5 Data Collection and Preprocessing 6 Feature Engineering for Trading 7 Building Machine Learning Models for Trading 8 Algorithmic Trading and Execution 9 Risk Management and Portfolio Optimization 10 Practical Considerations and Challenges 11 The Future of Quantitative Trading and Machine Learning