Homework 1: Intro and Data Sources
- Submissions
- 138
- Completion
- 36.9%
- Median score
- 10
- Lecture time
- 2h
- Homework time
- 5h
- Total time
- 9h
Stock Markets Analytics Zoomcamp 2025
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Course-level participation, homework, and project statistics.
Course overview
- Total enrollments
- 374
- Project submissions
- 23
- Project completion rate
- 6.1%
- Average total score
- 10.3
- Overall completion rate
- 19.9%
- Graduates
- 22
Project outcomes
- Score to pass
- 6
- Passed
- 22
- Failed
- 1
- Median project score
- 28
Homework statistics
Median time and score by homework. Hover values on desktop for interquartile ranges.
| Homework | Submissions | Completion | Lecture time | Homework time | Total time | Median score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homework 1: Intro and Data Sources | 138 | 36.9% | 2h | 5h | 9h | 10 |
| Homework 2: Working with Data in Pandas | 83 | 22.2% | 3h | 5h | 7h | 14 |
| Homework 3: Modeling for Financial Time Series | 45 | 12.0% | 2.5h | 5h | 8.5h | 13 |
| Homework 4: Trading Simulation | 32 | 8.6% | 2h | 4.5h | 7.5h | 14 |
Homework 2: Working with Data in Pandas
- Submissions
- 83
- Completion
- 22.2%
- Median score
- 14
- Lecture time
- 3h
- Homework time
- 5h
- Total time
- 7h
Homework 3: Modeling for Financial Time Series
- Submissions
- 45
- Completion
- 12.0%
- Median score
- 13
- Lecture time
- 2.5h
- Homework time
- 5h
- Total time
- 8.5h
Homework 4: Trading Simulation
- Submissions
- 32
- Completion
- 8.6%
- Median score
- 14
- Lecture time
- 2h
- Homework time
- 4.5h
- Total time
- 7.5h
Assignment difficulty
Ranked by lowest median question score relative to the maximum achievable. Normalizing by question count makes homeworks of different lengths comparable; a lower percentage indicates a harder assignment.
| Rank | Homework | Median score | Score % | Completion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Homework 1: Intro and Data Sources | 10 / 14 | 71.4% | 36.9% |
| 2 | Homework 2: Working with Data in Pandas | 14 / 14 | 100.0% | 22.2% |
| 3 | Homework 3: Modeling for Financial Time Series | 13 / 13 | 100.0% | 12.0% |
| 4 | Homework 4: Trading Simulation | 14 / 14 | 100.0% | 8.6% |
Question difficulty
Share of submitted answers that were correct, per question. A lower percentage points to a harder or more confusing question. Participation-only questions are excluded.
| Homework | Question | Correct | Answers | % correct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homework 1: Intro and Data Sources | Which year had the highest number of additions to the S&P 500 index? | 129 | 138 | 93.5% |
| How many indexes have better year-to-date returns than the US S&P500 as of May 1, 2025? | 114 | 138 | 82.6% | |
| Median duration (in days) of significant market corrections in the S&P 500 index | 91 | 138 | 65.9% | |
| Median 2-day percentage change in AMZN stock price following positive surprise earnings days | 62 | 138 | 44.9% | |
| Homework 2: Working with Data in Pandas | What is the total withdrawn IPO value (in $ millions) for the company class with the highest total withdrawal value? | 76 | 83 | 91.6% |
| What is the median Sharpe ratio (as of 6 June 2025) for companies that went public in the first 5 months of 2024? | 66 | 83 | 79.5% | |
| What is the optimal number of months (1 to 12) to hold a newly IPO'd stock in order to maximize average growth? | 56 | 83 | 67.5% | |
| What is the total profit (in $thousands) you would have earned by investing $1000 every time a stock was oversold (RSI < 25)? | 70 | 83 | 84.3% | |
| Homework 3: Modeling for Financial Time Series | [Dummies on Month and Week-of-Month] Top correlation of a new dummy with a boolean prediction variable? | 39 | 45 | 86.7% |
| [Define new 'hand' rules] What's the precision score for the best new rule? | 37 | 45 | 82.2% | |
| [Unique correct predictions for pred5_clf_10] What's the total number of records of 'unique correctness' on TEST? | 30 | 45 | 66.7% | |
| [Hyperparams tuning] What's the best max_depth for a Decision Tree Classifier? | 27 | 45 | 60.0% | |
| Homework 4: Trading Simulation | Find the CAGR for the pred9_clf_second_best_rule_92 using the new setup (with fewer dummy variables) | 28 | 32 | 87.5% |
| What is the probability threshold for the best Random Forest decision rule? | 24 | 32 | 75.0% | |
| What is the CAGR for the best predictor of strong future growth (after redefining the target variable)? | 26 | 32 | 81.2% |
Submission timing
When homework submissions arrive relative to the deadline, across all assignments.
- A week or more early
- 47 (15.8%)
- 3-7 days early
- 34 (11.4%)
- 1-3 days early
- 82 (27.5%)
- Final day
- 82 (27.5%)
- After the deadline
- 53 (17.8%)
Engagement over time
Homework submissions per week, across all assignments. Bars are scaled to the busiest week.
- May 19, 2025
- 8
- May 26, 2025
- 23
- Jun 02, 2025
- 107
- Jun 09, 2025
- 10
- Jun 16, 2025
- 27
- Jun 23, 2025
- 46
- Jun 30, 2025
- 10
- Jul 07, 2025
- 15
- Jul 14, 2025
- 23
- Jul 21, 2025
- 2
- Jul 28, 2025
- 10
- Aug 04, 2025
- 17
Graduates
22 students completed the course and received certificates.