Enhancing and implementing a pairs trading strategy

This paper designs a pairs trading model with the intent to identify existing profitable market opportunities to invest, i.e. traditionally strong correlated stocks that have diverged from its historical norm. It comprises a broad literature review on this strategy whose relevant findings (strategy...

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Autor principal: Almeida, Gustavo Filipe Direitinho Nunes de (author)
Formato: masterThesis
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2015
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10362/14650
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/14650
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Resumo:This paper designs a pairs trading model with the intent to identify existing profitable market opportunities to invest, i.e. traditionally strong correlated stocks that have diverged from its historical norm. It comprises a broad literature review on this strategy whose relevant findings (strategy improvements) are contemplated in the model. The authors combine the statistical results of the model with a backtesting analysis in order to provide guidance on the best investment opportunities.