State of algorithmic trading education 2025: What practitioners are learning and automating

This report analyzes how practitioners use AI across the quantitative trading workflow, based on registration data, survey responses and live poll data from the Algo Trading Conference 2025. It examines where AI helps the most, the topics learners want to go deeper into, and the friction points that limit adoption. The study spans 13,000+ registrants, covering backgrounds, experience levels, and geographical regions. The report also includes learning trends, bottlenecks, and co-occurrence patterns between problem areas and learning goals.