Overview
An introduction to algorithmic trading is a book by Edward A. Leshik and Jane Cralle, first published in 2011. In this catalogue it is classified mainly under Algorithmic Trading, with secondary coverage of Portfolio Optimization.
Audience and depth. The rule-based model places its mathematical difficulty at advanced level (7/10); readers are typically expected to know calculus, probability theory and stochastic processes.
Orientation. The theory-versus-practice balance could not be determined from metadata. The archive holds 6 papers whose topics and vocabulary overlap with this book; those links are inferred (see the research connections below).
How to read this page. Topics, difficulty, prerequisites and orientation are model-derived (rule-based, rule_based_v1) from bibliographic metadata such as title, subject headings and edition data. They were not produced by reading the book and are not a review. Relevance confidence is 93% and difficulty confidence is 62%; the catalogue lists no ratings or awards.