# All Questions

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### Use of real-world probabilities in options pricing: binary event with continuous effect

Let's say I have to price options on instrument X with a multitude of strikes. For simplicity, assume that X only makes one move during the options' lifetime, and this move is affected by some binary "...
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### How to get daily OHLC (fints) from minutes OHLC (fints) in MatLab?

I have a minutes OHLC time series stored in fints object, how can I get a new fints object which contains daily OHLC? What is the easiest way to do it?
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### (Reproducible example) Conditional returns in GARCH-EVT-Copula context (with R)

I'm estimating a time-varying correlation matrix for the normal copula using the rmgarch package from R. I've found this code in the rmgarch.tests folder. I use the ...
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### Liquidity horizons of risk factors categories

I'm reading the consultative document of the BCBS on the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book: http://www.bis.org/publ/bcbs265.pdf Table 2 on page 16 shows the liquidity horizons for 5 broad risk ...
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### Bootstrapping bond spreads as in the standard CDS model

Suppose that we have a spread curve $\boldsymbol{s}:=(s_1, ..., s_n)$, where $s_i$ are CDS par spreads. Moreover, assume the standard ISDA model framework, i.e. piecewise constant forward / hazard ...
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### Are the returns in this regression signed returns?

In this paper about combining multiple alphas are the returns signed returns? if not wouldn't they be mean zero? Also, it mentions "realized alpha returns" - does that just mean "realized" past alpha ...
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### Exploding Libor Rates in Libor Market Model

I have implemented the Libor Market Model in Matlab. When I generate a number of paths, I notice that some of them explode. Does anybody have an idea what could cause this? I already tried solving ...
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### The best process for foreign exchange rate

I have a simple research project and I need to explain a behavior of a foreign exchange rate. Could you propose a stochastic process without jumps so that it could be estimated with QMLE? Is GBM ...
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### how to mix trading signals for the same product?

I have multiple trading signals developed using cointegration on the same stock using various correlated assets. Is there a mathematical way to combine them to achieve better entry/exit points and ...
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### How to backtest strategy in portfolio of stocks using SIT R?

I am creating and testing strategies in R code and using systemic investor toolbox(SIT) package as the backtesting tool. I copied a SIT backtesting code from a website and made small changes to make ...
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### Account for empirical relationship between signal and market data

I have two monthly time series : one is a 'signal', on which I will base my decision to buy or short-sell, and the second one is the time serie of a given asset's price. I have implemented this ...
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### Backtesting Long/Short Market Neutral Z-Score Strategy with Custom Factors and Custom Stock Universe

So I've managed to backtest simple strategies, like MA, RSI and some fundamental ones (P/E ratios etc) but Im stuck at my last strategy. Here is some information: Tools: Excel and Python (also a ...
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### Should the number of Markowitz Optimization steps be counted as backtest trials?

I'm backtesting a strategy that involves monthly investments in a few stocks out of a given set, that is, each month some of the stocks are shortlisted from an index and a long position is taken in ...
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### Model Free VIX Calculation in Python

I have previously seen this implementation and had meant to replicate it, but can't find it any longer. Does anyone know of a python implementation of the CBOE Volatility Index? Yes, the white paper ...
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### Transition Between Volatility Regimes

Emanuel Derman wrote a great paper in 1999 about volatility regimes and the adjustments the market makes during these periods (sticky strike, sticky implied tree, sticky delta, etc). Has any ...
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### How to calculate monthly Return from a Momentum Strategy with overlapping Holdingperiods?

I replicate a Momentum Strategy from Rey and Schmid (2007) "Feasible momentum strategies" based on the idea from Jegadeesh and Titman (1993). I only buy the single stock with the highest past return ...
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### student-t asset path

I am trying to simulate an asset path based on a t-distribution. I found a lot of ressources and the fact that it will be difficult to do a path. But now I changed my Geometric Brownian Motion ...
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### How to calculate optimal monthly withdrawals from an investment with compound interest

I have 1.25M dollars. I want to put it in an investment with 60% annual return paid monthly and re-invest the interest to achieve compound interest. After 15 years, my principal would have grown to ...
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### Can an order be filled but uncommitted?

Let's say I place an order to buy shares. Let's says uncommitted shares are those not actively working with other destinations or brokers, and committed shares are those actively working but yet ...
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### Deming Regression

I am trying to test the linearity = interdependence or the non-linear (contagion) between Asian countries during the Asian crises using the fluctuation of the exchange rate. Is it relevant to use the ...
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### How can factor certificates achieve constant leverage?

How does a bank which offers a factor certificate with unlimited maturity, e.g. a certificate which promises the holder to change in value in a constant proportion with respect to a change in the ...
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### Update Daily price from yahoo in R

I am trying to update daily prices from yahoo via below R code, but code is not working properly and i am not getting any error as such. One can see the reference code at following link. http://www....
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### Pricing with-profit/smoothed bonus annuity using Black-Scholes

Would this be possible? Subsequently, would the pricing of such an annuity be somewhat similar to pricing a lookback option?