Hi AAA, Pairs trading and long/short strategy are both hedging strategies. If you trade/invest primarily based on FA, then you have a long/short...
Hi all, I did open a position on 9/20/02 at the open R=1.104. So far it is a loosing trade. I decided to hold it over the weekend. The question...
Hey Dave, I think the book is pretty good. It is written by professional HF managers. The perspective of a pro on pairs trading is hard to get...
Hey Royce, Exited FO/ITT today at the close R=0.786 with 5.87% profit. Not bad. Now will wait for reverse. Al
Hi Royce, I found this pair by calculating 2 year correlation and adding some strict parameters on 40DMA over 6 months. The book that I bought at...
Hi Dave, I use end of the day data from TC2000 right now. It takes forever and it is all manual. I need an automatic source with real time data...
ChrisM, I used ge/msft as a general example. Actually, the correlation between these 2 stocks is only 28% according to my calculations. The stock...
Hi CHrisM, Correct. However, you are not interested in one particular correlation ex: ge/ msft. You trade 10, 20 at a time. One stops working,...
Hi WDGann, The ideal pairs trading system would incorporate some elements of the FA, especially the quantifiable ones. It would be much better...
ChrisM, You are right, most of the correlations do not always work. What I am trying to do is to find a pair of stocks where the price ratio...
The ratio is 0.8244 at 14:22 today. AGN is a much better hedge/pair for MRK. The correlation over the past 2years is much higher. If you still...
I have no problem with www.pairstrading.com so far. I continue to receive my updates daily. I use Qcharts to study the recommendations. This is...
This is what I did so far: 1. Zurich Capital report on Market Neutral Hedgefunds - up to 120% annual return with very high Sharpe Ratio. Sounds...
I have been lately introduced to pairs trading. It sound like it is a great strategy to trade uncertain bear market in a trading range. I am...
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