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9780071412391

Quantitative Trading Strategies Harnessing the Power of Quantitative Techniques to Create a Winning Trading Program

by Kestner, Lars
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    9780071412391

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    0071412395

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  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-08-06
  • Publisher: McGraw Hill
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Summary

Harnessing the Power of Quantitative Techniques to Create a Winning Trading ProgramLars Kestner Quantitative Trading Strategiestakes readers through the development and evaluation stages of today's most popular and market-proven technical trading strategies. Quantifying every subjective decision in the trading process, this analytical book evaluates the work of well-known "quants" from John Henry to Monroe Trout and introduces 12 all-new trading strategies. It debunks numerous popular misconceptions, and is certain to make waves--and change minds--in the world of technical analysis and trading.

Author Biography

Lars Kestner is a founding partner of proprietary trading firm Sabre II LLC and the former vice president of equity derivatives trading at Salomon Smith Barney.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Prologue
Structural Foundations for Improving Technical Trading Performancep. 1
Introduction to Quantitative Trading: How Statistics Can Help Achieve Trading Successp. 3
An Introduction to Statistics: Using Scientific Methods to Develop Cutting Edge Trading Strategiesp. 39
Creating Trading Strategies: The Building Blocks That Generate Tradesp. 55
Evaluating Trading Strategy Performance: How to Correctly Assess Performancep. 75
Performance of Portfolios: Maintaining Returns While Decreasing Riskp. 99
Optimizing Parameters and Filtering Entry Signals: Improving the Basic Strategyp. 109
Harnessing the Power of Quantitative Techniques to Create a Trading Programp. 127
Dissecting Strategies Currently Available: What Works and What Doesn'tp. 129
New Ideas of Entries, Exits, and Filters: Enhancing Trading Performance Using Cutting Edge Techniquesp. 181
New Ideas of Markets: Trading Doesn't End with Stocks and Futuresp. 247
Investing in the S&P 500: Beating a Buy and Hold Return Using Quantitative Techniquesp. 289
New Techniques in Money Management: Optimizing the Results of Our Strategiesp. 305
Solving the Trading Puzzle: Creating, Testing, and Evaluating a New Trading Strategyp. 321
In Conclusionp. 329
Indexp. 331
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