Pair Trading Strategy Journal

Discussion in 'Journals' started by jonnysharp, Aug 18, 2008.

  1. saico

    saico

    The new PT Alerts PnL update is out.
     
    #1541     Aug 24, 2009
  2. Has anyone thought of comparing historical volatility to filter trades?

    Makes sense to avoid pairs where one leg is 3-4x more volatile than the other, I guess one could argue it removes market neutrality which is what we are trying to acheive..

    Could even get a little cheeky and compare implied volatilities for ATM options and get an indication of future volatility for each stock.
     
    #1542     Aug 24, 2009
  3. PCanyon

    PCanyon

    Looking at the trade alerts track record I see about a 15% drawdown on closed trades. I assume intraday drawdown is a bit higher.

    Assuming one takes all the advised trades, I think expectations of a minimum of 30% intraday drawdown is reasonable.

    The service certainly issues a good amount of trades and if a subscriber doesn't take all trades, I would imagine a 40% drawdown could easily happen.
     
    #1543     Aug 24, 2009
  4. trader26

    trader26

    Does anyone know if I can use PTF at home and at office not at the same time?

    Thanks
     
    #1544     Aug 25, 2009
  5. LEAPup

    LEAPup

    Not with the S/W.

    It's for one computer.
     
    #1545     Aug 25, 2009
  6. LEAPup

    LEAPup

    Gotta bump this one. Anyone have a reply?
     
    #1546     Aug 25, 2009
  7. LEAPup

    LEAPup

    Shameless bump. Anyone care to reply? Thanks in advance!:)

    Great thread, btw!
     
    #1547     Aug 25, 2009
  8. 4XQs

    4XQs

    If one leg is a lot more volatile than the other, I would be surprised to see the pair correlated at all!?
     
    #1548     Aug 25, 2009
  9. saico

    saico

    I use it remotely with the teamviewer.com online application.
     
    #1549     Aug 25, 2009
  10. trader26

    trader26

    I installed PTF on a laptop and it seems that we can't use with many computers. Can I change my computer and installing PTF on another computer instzead of the first one?

    Thanks
     
    #1550     Aug 25, 2009