Finance with Python | GHW AI/ML Week 2025

Session 1

Setup Python Environment

0. Ensure Python is installed on your system - https://www.python.org/downloads/
1. Open Terminal in VSCode
2. Ensure you're in the project folder <path-to-finance-with-python> folder
3. Create Virtual Environment: https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html
   • python -m venv finance_env
4. Activate Virtual Environment
   • Mac/Linux: source finance_env/bin/activate
   • Windows: .\finance_env\Scripts\activate
5. Verify Activation
   • Mac/Linux: which python
   • Windows: where python
6. Install required packages
   • pip install numpy pandas matplotlib yfinance mplfinance plotly jupyter
7. Create requirements.txt file
   • pip freeze > requirements.txt
   • To install from requirements.txt file: pip install -r requirements.txt
8. To Deactivate virtual environment (when needed)
   • Mac/Linux/Windows: deactivate
9. VSCode Integration
   • Press Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + P
   • Type: "Python: Select Interpreter"
   • Choose the interpreter: finance_env

Open Jupyter Notebook

1. Open Jupyter Notebook:
   • In Terminal: jupyter notebook
   • This should open in browser
2. Create a new Python3 notebook in the desired folder