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★ 82TypeScriptAudience · generalComplexity · 1/5Setup · easy

TL;DR

An open-source draft of a Chinese-language book teaching quantitative trading, published via GitBook and a VitePress static site.

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    What it does
      Book on quant trading
      Chinese language draft
      Beginner focused
    Tech stack
      TypeScript
      VitePress
      GitBook
    Use cases
      Read book chapters
      Build static site
      Publish via GitBook
    Audience
      General readers
      Aspiring traders
    License
      CC BY-NC-SA content
      MIT build scripts

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Why would anyone build with this?

REASON 1

Read a free draft of a book on quantitative trading basics.

REASON 2

Build the book into a browsable static website with VitePress.

REASON 3

Publish the book content yourself through GitBook using the included config.

What's in the stack?

TypeScriptNode.jsVitePressGitBook

How it stacks up

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Stars828282
LanguageTypeScriptTypeScriptTypeScript
Setup difficultyeasymoderatemoderate
Complexity1/53/54/5
Audiencegeneralgeneraldeveloper

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How do you spin it up?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min
The book text and images use CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (share and adapt with credit, non-commercial only), the build scripts use the more permissive MIT license.

Wtf does this do

XQuant Beginner is the open-source draft of a Chinese-language book titled "XQuant: Everyone Can Be a Quantitative Trader." Quantitative trading means using mathematical models and programmatic tools to make investment decisions rather than relying on intuition alone. This repository holds the book text, images, and publication configuration, the companion exercises and notebooks live in a separate repository called xquant-learning. The book can be published in two ways: through GitBook, using the included YAML and summary files, and as a static website built with VitePress. A live version is available online, and the author also sells a paid course and a finalized edition of the book through a separate website. To read locally, you can open the SUMMARY.md file as a table of contents or browse chapter files in the book/ directory. To build the static website yourself, install Node.js and run the provided npm commands, the output lands in .vitepress/dist/. Readers who find errors or unclear explanations are encouraged to open a GitHub issue. The repository uses a dual license: the book text and images fall under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, which allows sharing and adapting the content with attribution for non-commercial purposes only. The build scripts and configuration files use the more permissive MIT license. The README includes a disclaimer stating the book is for educational and research purposes only and does not constitute investment advice.

Yoink these prompts

Prompt 1
Summarize the key ideas about quantitative trading from this book's table of contents.
Prompt 2
Help me set up VitePress to build this book into a website on my machine.
Prompt 3
Explain what CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 means for reusing this book's content.
Prompt 4
What is quantitative trading and how does this book introduce beginners to it?

Frequently asked questions

wtf is xquant-beginner?

An open-source draft of a Chinese-language book teaching quantitative trading, published via GitBook and a VitePress static site.

What language is xquant-beginner written in?

Mainly TypeScript. The stack also includes TypeScript, Node.js, VitePress.

What license does xquant-beginner use?

The book text and images use CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (share and adapt with credit, non-commercial only), the build scripts use the more permissive MIT license.

How hard is xquant-beginner to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is xquant-beginner for?

Mainly general.

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