Presale · 15% off until it ships
Quant Engineering, Vol. I
Foundations of Computer Science Through Financial Systems. Computer science taught through the thing you are building: a trading system, from the command line to a machine that runs, watches itself and recovers. By Jason Betts.
Delivered by January 1, 2027
Choose your edition
Two editions, both at the presale price.
Both are 15% off list until the book ships, and both arrive by January 1, 2027.
Hardcover
$110.49$129.99+ shipping
An 8 × 10 in hardcover, about 256 pages, with every diagram and code listing laid out to sit open on the desk. Shipped to US addresses; shipping and any sales tax are added at checkout.
Pre-order the hardcoverEbook
$59.49$69.99
The complete book, every page and diagram as in print, to read on a laptop or tablet beside your editor. PDF, emailed to you.
Pre-order the ebookWhat is inside
Nineteen chapters, one working system.
Each chapter teaches a computer-science idea on the part of the trading system that needs it, so the theory always has a job to do.
Part 1The Machine and the Market
Systems Thinking · Modelling a Domain · State and Rules
Part 2The Engineer’s Toolkit
The Computer and the Command Line · Programming in Python · Data Structures · Networks and APIs · Probability and Statistics
Part 3Data and Research
Data Engineering · Specification · Simulation · Evidence · Modelling from Data
Part 4The Path of a Trade
Constraints · State Machines and Invariants
Part 5Running the System
Observability · Deployment · Reliability · Incidents and Recovery
Look inside
Written to be worked through.
Code you type and run, tables you can check, a key-terms box on every spread, and an engineering principle to take away from each section.
Questions
Before you pre-order.
When will I get my copy?
Both formats are delivered by January 1, 2027. Hardcovers are printed in December and shipped to the address you give at checkout; the ebook is a PDF, emailed to you. Every pre-order gets an email when its copy is on its way.
How long does the presale price last?
Until the book ships. Pre-orders are 15% off list: $59.49 instead of $69.99 for the ebook, and $110.49 instead of $129.99 for the hardcover.
What does shipping cost?
Hardcover shipping is added at checkout, along with any sales tax. For now hardcovers ship to US addresses only; the ebook has no shipping.
Who is it for?
Anyone who wants to build trading systems properly: traders learning to program, programmers moving into finance, and students who want computer science taught on a real system rather than toy examples. It starts at the command line.
Is this the whole series?
Vol. I is the first of the series. It makes the machine work, end to end. Later volumes make it correct, then fast, then large, and each one builds on the system from the volume before.
Something else? Ask us.