Build strategies shaped by real market experience.
EPAT is a six-month programme covering the market mechanics most builders skip: microstructure, execution, and the costs that decide whether your edge survives.
6 month
Online Programme
120+
Hours of Live Lecture
20+
World-Class Faculty
90+
Participant Countries
EPAT Benefits
Python and the quant stack
Hands-on with real market data
1:1 practitioner guidance
Roles via 300+ hiring partners
You can already build it. EPAT is about whether the edge is real.
Designed for engineers who can write production code but want to understand what happens beyond the backtest. Learn the market microstructure, execution, slippage, and risk that determine whether a strategy survives live markets.
Built and taught by the team behind iRage, which trades live capital on Indian exchanges.
You can already write this
Clean, runnable code
A backtest that looks profitable
A strategy that makes sense on paper
Can you read this?
What actually moves a fill in the order book
Liquidity, slippage, and market impact on real orders
The market condition that makes the edge disappear
Modules Built for Builders
Market Microstructure
Order book mechanics, execution strategy, and transaction cost analysis. What actually moves a fill, and why a profitable-looking strategy can still lose to slippage.
Backtesting & Optimization
Build and test strategies against real metrics: Sharpe, max drawdown, and hit ratio, plus how to tell a genuine edge from an overfit curve.
Portfolio & Risk Management
Position sizing, portfolio construction, and drawdown limits. Move from a single strategy to a portfolio with explicit allocation and risk rules.
Learn from Practitioners
This is not built by course instructors. It is built by the team behind iRage, a firm that trades its own and partner capital on Indian exchanges today. You learn the methods a live desk still runs.
Rajib Ranjan Borah
Co-Founder & CEO, iRage
Dr. Gaurav Raizada
Founder, iRage
Nitesh Khandelwal
CEO, QuantInsti and Co-Founder, iRage
Anil Yadav
Systematic Trading, iRage
Jay Parmar
Quantitative Researcher, iRage
From Technical Skills to Trading Expertise
Dayal Madan
Quant Developer at Algante Technologies, United Kingdom
Bridging the gap between technology and trading.
Before joining EPAT in 2019, I was already working in the algorithmic trading domain as a Quant Developer. I had a good foundation but always felt it was not enough. The EPAT programme by QuantInsti really helped me in bridging the gap between technology and trading. Today, I feel more confident in researching, programming, and back-testing my own trading algorithms.
Prateek Burad
Consultant at Atos Syntel, USA
EPAT enabled me to apply my technical knowledge to my area of interest.
As a consultant in the IT industry, writing code has always been bread and butter for me. Being an avid investor, I had developed a keen interest in the field of capital markets. I looked towards many avenues to gain knowledge, but nothing has come close to EPAT. It provided me with a platform to enhance my knowledge on trading strategies and their application with Python, and at the same time, delving into the world of machine learning, trading platform implementations, risk analysis, and portfolio management. EPAT enabled me to apply my technical knowledge to my area of interest. I have begun my journey towards becoming a successful quant trader, and for this, a special thanks to QuantInsti's faculty and support team.
Connect with alumni who have successfully set up their trading desks.
Certification
EPAT is accredited by CPD, UK (Continuing Professional Development, UK)
QuantInsti has registered this program with GARP for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits. Attending this program qualifies for 30 GARP CPD credit hours. If you are a Certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM®), or Energy Risk Professional (ERP®), please record this activity in your Credit Tracker.
