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Statistical arbitrage trading or pairs trading as it is commonly known is defined as trading one financial instrument or a basket of financial instruments in most cases to create a value neutral basket. See all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Simply put, it is the technique of buying an asset cheap in place a and immediately selling it at a higher price in place b. Concise in explanation yet comprehensive in scope, it provides an integrated overview of both the practices and the possibilities of the modern equity arbitrage marketplace.
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The low power of cointegration tests one of the perennial difficulties in developing statistical arbitrage strategies is the lack of reliable methods of estimating a stationary portfolio comprising two or more securities. Oct 15, 2014 some call the 200day sma aka 10 month strategy the ivy strategy, after mebane fabers book, that i recommend anyone give a readthrough. Aug 17, 2014 structural arbitrage can be implemented with midterm volatility. The authoritative guide on how it works, why it works, and how it can work for you paperback september, 2012 by chris green author 4.
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