Category: TRADING

Modern Portfolio Theory-The Efficient Frontier

Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) is a theory developed by Harry Markowitz in 1952, which later earned him a Nobel Prize in Economics. The theory states that investors can create an ideal portfolio of investments that can provide them with maximum returns while also taking an optimal amount of risk. The …

What It Takes to Win at Quantitative Investing

A recent podcast on Bloomberg offers some interesting perspectives on quantitative investing. Interest in quantitative investing strategies continues to grow; however, as the space gets more competitive, making money and winning gets harder and harder. Computation costs alone can be prohibitive. On the latest episode, we speak with Columbia Business …

Forecasting Volatility with GARCH Model-Volatility Analysis in Python

In a previous post, we presented an example of volatility analysis using Close-to-Close historical volatility. In this post, we are going to use the Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (GARCH) model to forecast volatility. In econometrics, the autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity (ARCH) model is a statistical model for time series data that …

Implied Volatility of Options-Volatility Analysis in Python

Volatility measures market expectations regarding how the price of an underlying asset is expected to move in the future. There are two types of volatility: historical volatility and implied volatility. In a series of previous posts, we presented methods and provided Python programs for calculating historical volatilities. In this post, …