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by kevien
November 7th, 2011, 12:27 am
Forum: Trading Forum
Topic: StatArb in FX spot trading
Replies: 9
Views: 21287

StatArb in FX spot trading

Interesting topic, however the first and very important question is where we could get the data to backtest our thoughts. I found many data sources are not accurate, it's often the case that garbage in garbage out.
by kevien
November 6th, 2011, 9:10 pm
Forum: Trading Forum
Topic: Sharpe ratio 40-60 possible?
Replies: 9
Views: 24342

Sharpe ratio 40-60 possible?

<t>That's really amazing, just always wonder what kind of strategy hft guys employ. have been tests lots of different models, pairs/triplet trading, other technical based strategies like momentum and mean reveresion, I have never found anything can work consistently. So really curious what other peo...
by kevien
December 7th, 2009, 11:54 pm
Forum: Book And Research Paper Forum
Topic: Position Sizing
Replies: 2
Views: 35372

Position Sizing

Hi, Is this also related to portfolio optimization as well? Given the covar-var structure, you could decide how you can allocate your money into each stock.I'm interested in this as well and wait for gurus comments.
by kevien
October 23rd, 2008, 9:00 pm
Forum: Book And Research Paper Forum
Topic: Looking for a suitable journal
Replies: 3
Views: 47990

Looking for a suitable journal

Hi there, I can't answer your question, but I am interested either your paper or the journal you are looking for.
by kevien
July 21st, 2008, 5:52 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: any consulting firms hire quants?
Replies: 19
Views: 57741

any consulting firms hire quants?

KPMG, PWC?
by kevien
December 21st, 2007, 12:24 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: First Few Weeks
Replies: 12
Views: 62315

First Few Weeks

I was given a few papers to read and then developed the whole modelling system from scractch. After that, I was assigned to do accounting jobs, which I have no idea......
by kevien
September 26th, 2006, 11:42 pm
Forum: Numerical Methods Forum
Topic: Does anyone know how to calculate implied volatility for american option
Replies: 5
Views: 97057

Does anyone know how to calculate implied volatility for american option

Thanks for your help, DavidJN. Just wonder if anyone know how to implement it by using VBA.
by kevien
September 26th, 2006, 1:15 pm
Forum: Numerical Methods Forum
Topic: Does anyone know how to calculate implied volatility for american option
Replies: 5
Views: 97057

Does anyone know how to calculate implied volatility for american option

I am trying to figure out how I can implement an algorithm to calculate the implied volatility from BAW model.BAW is quite famous quadratic approximation of american option model.Does anyone have the code?Thanks in advance.
by kevien
June 11th, 2006, 1:33 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Yahoo Finance
Replies: 3
Views: 103035

Yahoo Finance

Hi, can you explain through an example?untwigged.Many Thanks
by kevien
February 2nd, 2006, 9:29 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Merrill Lynch
Replies: 1
Views: 121011

Merrill Lynch

Hi, what do you want to say?Anyone apply for graduate program in July?I was rejected by ABN and Standard Chartered Bank, I am so poor....