A Computational Methodology for Modelling the Dynamics of Statistical Arbitrage Andrew Neil Burgess Decision Technology Centre Department of Decision Sciences A thesis submitted to the University of London for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy UNIVERSITY OF LONDON LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL 1 October 1999 To my parents‚ Arnold and Carol. © A. N. Burgess‚ 1999 2 3 Acknowledgements Thanks to my supervisor‚ Paul Refenes‚ for bringing me to LBS‚ keeping me in bread and
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Financial Risk Management Financial Risk Management Assignment 1 Tutor: Thanh Nguyen Tutorial Time: 12pm (ED1 401) Vaishnav Dhimaan (15902398) Vipul Joshi (15905149) Financial Risk Management‚ FIN3FRM Semester 2‚ 2012 Assignment 1 Q.1 An investor enters into a short forward contract to sell 100‚000 British pounds for U.S. dollars at an exchange rate of 1.9000 U.S. dollars per pound. How much
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Student MT480-01: Corporate Finance Unit Nine: Assignment Date Assignment: Complete the following exercises and problems from the textbook. Some problems ask multiple questions; be sure to answer every part of the exercise or problem unless otherwise noted * Chapter 28: Practice Questions 2‚ 10‚ 11‚ and 13 * Chapter 34: Practice Questions 2‚ 3‚ and 7 Chapter 28: 2. Table 28.1 shows the 90-day forward rate on the South African rand. a. Is the dollar at a forward discount
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speed which cannot be done by humans. It makes HFT has a high rely on strategies which are closely guarded by companies. There are several standard arbitrages used in HFT. The most basic strategy is market making. It is used by some HFT firms as a primary strategy. Other strategies including ticker tape trading‚ event arbitrage‚ statistical arbitrage‚ etc. ! Because the trade can be made in very short periods‚ HFT has a great contribution to market liquidity. It sounds good to the financial
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(Interest rate parity is a no-arbitrage condition representing an equilibrium state under which investors will be indifferent to interest rates available on bank deposits in two countries.[1] The fact that this condition does not always hold allows for potential opportunities to earn riskless profits from covered interest arbitrage. Two assumptions central to interest rate parity are capital mobility and perfect substitutability of domestic and foreign assets. Given foreign exchange market equilibrium
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bank has quoted are reasonable. If the exchange rate quotes are reasonable‚ then arbitrage will not be possible. If the quotations are not appropriate‚ however‚ arbitrage may be possible. Under these conditions‚ Kant would like Orange to use some form of arbitrage to take advantage of possible mispricing in the foreign exchange market. Although Orange is not an arbitrageur‚ Kant believes that arbitrage opportunities could offset the negative impact resulting from the baht’s depreciation‚ which would
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often executing at least a few trades in under a second. HFT strategies can be broadly categorized into 4 groups: Liquidity Providence: Rebate Trading‚ Automated Market Trading. Pricing Inefficiency Arbitrage: Scalping‚ Latency Arbitrage‚ Statistical Arbitrage Predatory Trading: Latency Arbitrage Flash Orders‚ Quote Stuffing Directional Trading: News trading‚ Liquidity Detection‚ Momentum Trading: One prominent strategy include searching for hidden large orders by "pinging" small orders. When
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James D’Elia FN 316 International Financial Management Professor Dunbar Case #3 Blades Inc. Chapter 5 1) If Blades used call options to hedge its Yen in payables‚ they are presented with 2 options. They can hedge at a lower exercise price (.00756) with a higher premium (2%); of they can hedge at a higher exercise price (.00792) with a lower premium (1.5%). Traditionally‚ the premiums are normally 1.5%‚ however due to recent uncertainty they have risen. This presents a tradeoff between an exercise
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increases in magnitude over time. 10. Doug Bernard specializes in cross-rate arbitrage. He notices the following quotes: Swiss franc/dollar = SFr1.5971/$ Australian dollar/U.S. dollar = A$1.8215/$ Australian dollar/Swiss franc = A$1.1440/SFr Ignoring transaction costs‚ does Doug Bernard have an arbitrage opportunity based on these quotes? If there is an arbitrage opportunity‚ what steps would he take to make an arbitrage profit‚ and how would he profit if he has $1‚000‚000 available for this purpose
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rate to find out the equivalent AUD that needs to be borrowed for the hedge. The future value of the AUD is equivalent to the USD payable‚ therefore‚ an implied forward rate is obtained. MMH is similar to CIA‚ but one is hedging and the other is arbitrage. An example is available in tutorial. Example: Import payables: EUR1 million due in one year. 1-year interest rates for Australian dollar and euro are 5.5% and 2%‚ spot exchange rate is EUR0.5854/AUD. MMH: First‚ calculate the present value of
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