# All Questions

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### References on Statistical Arbitrages

Is there any basic materials (books, papers) to read on Statistical Arbitrage? I certainly understand much of the useful information is in the industry. I just want to get some understanding on the ...
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### What impact does arbitrage have on realised volatility estimates?

Doing some research modeling/estimating volatility in the bitcoin market. There is quite a bit of scope for arbitrage within crypto-currency markets. Wonder if this has any impact on my volatility ...
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### Summary statistic for the average probability of default?

I have the following scenario: Let $X_i$ denote the event where some institution $i$ 'defaults' (don't worry about the exact definition of a default here, it is not relevant to the question at hand). ...
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### Attributing the change in NII to Shift, Twist and Butterfly

The movement of the zero rate curves can be decomposed into a shift movement (the level of interest rates) and a twist movement (the slope of the curve) and butterfly (the curvature of the curve). If ...
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### Why are some MBS's with coupons below the FRM rate priced at a premium?

I'm looking at 30Y 4.0% Freddie Mac MBS prices as of yesterday, approximately 104:10. Meanwhile, 30Y FRM Freddie Mac quotes are 4.39%. Why are the MBS priced at such a premium, even though the coupon ...
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### How should we select efficiently orders parameters in time series modelling?

A common way to select orders parameters (ex: to choose the number of AR terms to be included in the model ) in time series modelling is to rely on some Information Criteria (AIC, BIC, Hannan Quinn..)...
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### Lookback option explicit formula using Black Scholes

I would like to compute the time-0-price for a lookback option using Black Scholes formula, the explicit formula is given by S_0[(\frac{2r+\sigma^2}{2r})\Phi((\frac{2r+\sigma^2}{2\sigma/\sqrt{T}}))-...
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### What is the difference between these two equations for GBMs?

The two equations commonly found online for GBM are: \$\begin{matrix} S_{ t }=S_{ 0 }\exp\left( \left( \mu -\frac { \sigma ^{ 2 } }{ 2 } \right) t+\sigma W_{ t } \right) \\ S_{ t }=S_{ 0 }\exp\left(\...
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### Finite difference methods

I am simulating the price of a basket option with the help of equations from the report http://www.it.uu.se/edu/course/homepage/projektTDB/vt07/Presentationer/Projekt3/...
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### How accurately can the LIBOR market model price a floating note

I am considering some hedging strategy where portfolios of derivatives are built so that each portfolio is equivalent to a floating note, even if the instruments in the portfolio might be quite ...
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### Effective anti-gaming controls in dark pools

What are some indicators that a dark pool operator has effective anti-gaming controls in place? There are some that prohibit IOCs (immediate or cancel) but is that necessary? It seems like that could ...
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### Question about the rationale of applying certain recovery rate by ISDA

According to ISDA standard (also here), the recovery rate for senior unsecured is 40%, that of subordinate is 20%, and emerging markets is 25% (both senior and subordinate). I wonder the rationale of ...
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### What is the correct Stutzer index and Sharpe ratio relation, assuming a normal returns distribution?

Assuming the returns distribution is normal, then there is a relation between Stutzer index and Sharpe ratio. However, I found in the following paper 2 different equation: Paper I (page 10-11)‎ ...
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### Robust Returns-Based Style Analysis

Sharpe's Return-Based Style Analysis is an interesting theory but flawed in practice when working with long-short funds or funds that are changing strategies over shorter periods of time due to the ...
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### Deutsche Börse sample Level 2 data, how to view in Windows?

DB has some sample Level 2 market data: http://deutsche-boerse.com/mda/dispatch/en/listcontent/gdb_navigation/mda/200_market_data/650_historical_market_data/35_enbs_hist_data_xetra/...
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### At what volume would you move the price at the opening auction?

At many exchanges the opening price is set using an auction which takes place pre-opening (see here for example). During the auction you are allowed to place orders according to certain rules (you ...