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by Garywind
August 17th, 2005, 9:30 pm
Forum: Book And Research Paper Forum
Topic: Hurst Exponent
Replies: 4
Views: 143188

Hurst Exponent

<t>I have programmed Hurst methods like R/S and ADF in VBA, and I built a CI using bootstrap way. Like James said, it is difficult to get confidence band narrow due to limited data length. So it is hard to find something have significant long memory though the Hurst exponent is greater than 0.5. And...
by Garywind
August 16th, 2005, 9:29 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: An interview question for energy trading analyst
Replies: 6
Views: 140005

An interview question for energy trading analyst

<t>Sorry guys, I just realise that I missed some important information about this question. There is also a forecasting power price matrix for a month. I cannot remember the actual numbers, but it looks like this: Each row is a different period and each column is a different day. The numbers in each...
by Garywind
August 15th, 2005, 10:07 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: 3D surface graph in Excel
Replies: 4
Views: 163002

3D surface graph in Excel

there is a early post which shows you how to do it in Excel, do a search mate.
by Garywind
August 15th, 2005, 10:05 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Optimisation source code
Replies: 4
Views: 140308

Optimisation source code

you can find some source codes using google. I think most of them follow the Numerical Recipes.
by Garywind
August 15th, 2005, 9:58 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: An interview question for energy trading analyst
Replies: 6
Views: 140005

An interview question for energy trading analyst

<t>This is one of the questions asked in my recent interview as an energy trading analyst. Company XT owns a power station capable of generating 100 megawatts (MW) of power.The station uses 10 gigajoules of gas to generate 1 megawatt-hour (MWh) of electricity.XT has managed to secure a gas contract ...
by Garywind
March 5th, 2005, 8:43 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: FX tick data
Replies: 18
Views: 170985

FX tick data

Hi James,Yes, but as suggested by literature, the original R/S is too weak and modified R/S is a bit too strong. So I do them just for an exercise. Cheers,Gary
by Garywind
March 3rd, 2005, 9:13 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: FX tick data
Replies: 18
Views: 170985

FX tick data

Hi James,R/S, DFA and Periodorgram, and using empirical distribution to test signficance. what about u?could you please send me some high freq data you got? I really need them to carry on my study. many thanks.cheers,Gary
by Garywind
March 2nd, 2005, 9:10 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: FX tick data
Replies: 18
Views: 170985

FX tick data

<r>QuoteOriginally posted by: JamesH83Strategos if you need tick data I can get you some.Has anyone looked in to long range dependence properties and calculating hurst exponents across different FX data frequencies (ie tick, minutely, hourly, dairly)?Hi James,Could you please send me your high frequ...
by Garywind
June 23rd, 2004, 9:40 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: ARIMA and GARCH model in Excel/VBA
Replies: 4
Views: 188345

ARIMA and GARCH model in Excel/VBA

You can find many ARIMA and GARCH examples from google. I can show you some but I think you can find them yourself.c
by Garywind
June 9th, 2004, 11:16 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Software for Time Series Analysis
Replies: 8
Views: 190776

Software for Time Series Analysis

<t>hey guys,I used Gauss, Eviews and Rats. In my opinion, Eviews is quite specified on time series analysis and it is very user-friendly but it is not my favourite. The reason is that I don?t like user-friendly package and I don?t like its programming. ^_^ Normally I use Rats, it is balanced between...
by Garywind
June 9th, 2004, 10:30 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Stationarity test - Is this correct?
Replies: 1
Views: 187617

Stationarity test - Is this correct?

<t>no, that is incorrect. Dickey-fuller test does looks like a t-test(testing whether P=0) but it follows different distribution. I think you can perform ADF calucation in Excel, but you have to check the DF distribution table supplied by authors to perform hypothesis test. hope this help. ^_^cheers...
by Garywind
June 9th, 2004, 10:25 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: VBA code for pricing Amercian Option by using Monte Carlo LSM
Replies: 18
Views: 198716

VBA code for pricing Amercian Option by using Monte Carlo LSM

Hey guys,sorry for late reply, there is my excel file, have a look and hopefully it helps.cheers,Gary
by Garywind
June 3rd, 2004, 10:51 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: VBA code for pricing Amercian Option by using Monte Carlo LSM
Replies: 18
Views: 198716

VBA code for pricing Amercian Option by using Monte Carlo LSM

I have a excel file which performs LS' least square monte carlo method (not very fancy, though), but I don't know why I can't upload it. I got message like "sorry, the type of file you upload is not permitted". any idea?cheers,Gary
by Garywind
January 20th, 2004, 12:08 am
Forum: Numerical Methods Forum
Topic: Monte-Carlo in the future ?
Replies: 11
Views: 191770

Monte-Carlo in the future ?

Hi tabris,Thank you very much. I am going to have look on these topics.Gary
by Garywind
January 16th, 2004, 8:36 pm
Forum: Numerical Methods Forum
Topic: Monte-Carlo in the future ?
Replies: 11
Views: 191770

Monte-Carlo in the future ?

<t>QuoteOriginally posted by: AaronMonte Carlo methods are used in almost all computationally intensive fields. You have identified the main two in finance: pricing and risk management.Are you interested in research improving Monte Carlo methods? There are interesting questions about quasi-MC, high ...
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