Have anyone tried the application of time series forecasting models to short term future projection of ratio line for 2 instruments used in pairs/spread RTM trading? What software or excel tools are there to set up for RTM condition.i.e. which forecasting model is better for RTM? Can we account for the stationarity behaviour(deterministic) of the ratio line?
You could also look at using a bandpass filter. John Ehlers is the man to read for using digital signals processing in technical analysis. However, one of the main arguments against DSP is that the market is all signal and no noise. That is for you to decide.
I tried this. The only thing I didn't really like about this approach is the parameterization of the model that I used. The shifts in volatility can break the model, so engineering the model was 30% of the effort, and then dealing with all the various breakdowns was 70% of the effort. I've seen academic papers where they have some fancy algorithms that are more adaptive than AR models, and they were using some sort of filtering algorithm. The model I used had a relatively smooth equity curve but it suffered from all the problems that your typical RTM models suffer from.
Came across this, not sure if it is good for RTM analysis, anyone using it? http://www.xlstat.com/en/products-solutions/time.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZvgHIFD31k The 3rd test(stdev differences) tells the stationarity of a time series?