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Statistical Arbitrage Team. Leo, Ying, Yandong , Xing. Agenda. Debugging Sorry to disappoint, but that’s all we did…. Data. Prices regenerated using CRSP’s adjusted returns Match Yahoo Finance prices for 5-6 randomly picked stocks Several small consistency checks
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Statistical Arbitrage Team Leo, Ying, Yandong, Xing
Agenda • Debugging Sorry to disappoint, but that’s all we did…
Data • Prices regenerated using CRSP’s adjusted returns • Match Yahoo Finance prices for 5-6 randomly picked stocks • Several small consistency checks • Input from all group members • Want to match the 2 ways of computing prices • Almost there…
PCA Issues • Preliminary experiment • Get minimum/maximum/mean volatility • Get sum of weights in the portfolios • Debug the PCA code • What are the value ranges? • Include volatility in the calculation? • Portfolio weights should always add to one
Volatility Volatility Histogram
Fig. 3 Experiment Comparison Paper’s Current Previous
With and Without dividing by Volatility Without Div. Volatility With Div. Volatility
PNL – Paper’s x Our Results Paper’s Ours
PNL – Current x Previous Results Previous Current
PNL – Paper’s x Our Results Paper’s Current Previous
Trading – Debugging Plan • Debug! • Add transaction costs • Make sure it is market neutral • Compute Sharpe ratio • Display positions • Debug with “deterministic” dummy ETF/stock • Signals • Are they generated correctly? • Merge experiments in single code base
ETFs – Action Plan • We’ve started matching Stock with ETF • Using GICS as proxy • Built dictionary • Only part of the Stocks have GICS code • About ~1/2 of the securities • Use another proxy (NAICS/SIC)? • Change Simulations to incorporate ETFs • Straightforward once the rest is working