BASIC STATISTICAL ARBITRAGE: Understanding the Math Behind Pairs
Trading
In algorithmic trading, information is king. You can tease out an edge
to trade on even by using only the most BASIC PROPERTIES OF TIME
SERIES. In this lecture, we will cover the statistics that ground the
trading logic when conducting pairs trades and discuss how to find
pairs.This talk is based on the following lectures from the Quantopian
Lecture Series: Pairs Trading
and Integration, Cointegration, and
Stationarity
PREREQUISITES:
Introductory level - knowledge of algorithmic trading is needed to
understand the lecture
WHAT TO BRING:
Anything to take notes
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Max works at QUANTOPIAN AS A DATA SCIENTIST AND MANAGES THE LECTURE
SERIES FOR THE ACADEMIC TEAM, coordinating content development and
helping to run the company's quantitative finance workshops. Max
holds a MS in Mathematical Finance from Boston University and has a
strong background in statistics and computer science. He has
implemented trading systems based on machine learning in the past and
has published research on theoretical mathematics.
What will attendees learn from this?
It will teach listeners how to tease out an edge to trade - even by
using only the most basic properties of time series. The lecture will
help you to better understand the statistics that ground trading logic
when conducting pairs trades.
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