Monday, August 6, 2012

Summary Book 1 - Chapter 5 - Performance of Portfolios

Quantitative trading strategies harnessing the power of quantitative techniques to create a winning trading program:
 
DON’T PUT ALL YOUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET
Employed by Casino and betting houses for thousands of years.

diversification is spreading your money in a variety of investments.its a risk management strategy

goal help protect the overall value of the portfolio against loss.

Investment that gain value could potentially compensate for those that lose value.

NOTE: diversification only helps when combining non-correlated returns.

Diversification is based on mathematical principles—its advantages are not subject to debate.

Several Diversification Strategies:
Trade ACROSS MARKETS
    Oil, Forex, Sugar Market
Trade ACROSS UNCORRELATED STRATEGIES
    Moving Average, Channel Breakout
Trade ACROSS PARAMETERS WITHIN STRATEGIES
    20/40 of Channel breakout and 40/80 of channel breakout

There is not holy grail. because performance DECAYs over time to zero profitability.

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