Finding Alphas : A Quantitative Approach to Building Trading Strategies

Igor Tulchinsky

ISBN 10: 1119571219 / ISBN 13: 9781119571216

Published by Wiley Okt 2019, 2019

About this Item

Neuware - Discover the ins and outs of designing predictive trading modelsDrawing on the expertise of WorldQuant's global network, this new edition of Finding Alphas: A Quantitative Approach to Building Trading Strategies contains significant changes and updates to the original material, with new and updated data and examples.Nine chapters have been added about alphas - models used to make predictions regarding the prices of financial instruments. The new chapters cover topics including alpha correlation, controlling biases, exchange-traded funds, event-driven investing, index alphas, intraday data in alpha research, intraday trading, machine learning, and the triple axis plan for identifying alphas.\* Provides more references to the academic literature\* Includes new, high-quality material\* Organizes content in a practical and easy-to-follow manner\* Adds new alpha examples with formulas and explanationsIf you're looking for the latest information on building trading strategies from a quantitative approach, this book has you covered.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Finding Alphas : A Quantitative Approach to Building Trading Strategies
• Publisher: Wiley Okt 2019
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1119571219
• ISBN 13: 9781119571216
• Binding: Buch
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Neu

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Synopsis

Discover the ins and outs of designing predictive trading models

Drawing on the expertise of WorldQuant’s global network, this new edition of Finding Alphas: A Quantitative Approach to Building Trading Strategies contains significant changes and updates to the original material, with new and updated data and examples.

Nine chapters have been added about alphas – models used to make predictions regarding the prices of financial instruments. The new chapters cover topics including alpha correlation, controlling biases, exchange-traded funds, event-driven investing, index alphas, intraday data in alpha research, intraday trading, machine learning, and the triple axis plan for identifying alphas.

•    Provides more references to the academic literature

•    Includes new, high-quality material

•    Organizes content in a practical and easy-to-follow manner

•    Adds new alpha examples with formulas and explanations

If you’re looking for the latest information on building trading strategies from a quantitative approach, this book has you covered. 

About the Author

IGOR TULCHINSKY is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of WorldQuant, a global quantitative asset management firm, based in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, that he established in 2007 following 12 years as a statistical arbitrage portfolio manager at Millennium Management. Before joining Millennium, Tulchinsky was a venture capitalist, scientist at AT&T Bell Laboratories, video game programmer, and author. He holds a master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Texas, Austin, completed in a then-record nine months, and an MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurship from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. A strong believer in education, Tulchinsky is the founder of WorldQuant University, which offers an entirely free online MSc degree in financial engineering and an applied data science module.