Algorithmic Short Selling with Python : Refine your algorithmic trading edge, consistently generate investment ideas, and build a robust long/short product

Laurent Bernut

ISBN 10: 1801815194 / ISBN 13: 9781801815192

Verlag: Packt Publishing, 2021

Beschreibung

nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Leverage Python source code to revolutionize your short selling strategy and to consistently make profits in bull, bear, and sideways marketsKey Features:Understand techniques such as trend following, mean reversion, position sizing, and risk management in a short-selling contextImplement Python source code to explore and develop your own investment strategyTest your trading strategies to limit risk and increase profitsBook Description:If you are in the long/short business, learning how to sell short is not a choice. Short selling is the key to raising assets when the markets are down. This book will help you demystify and rehabilitate the short-selling craft, providing Python source code to construct a robust long/short portfolio. It explains everything you have ever read about short selling from a long-only perspective.This book will take you on a journey from an idea ('buy bullish stocks, sell bearish ones') to becoming part of the elite club of long/short hedge fund algorithmic traders. You'll explore key concepts such as trading psychology, trading edge, regime definition, signal processing, position sizing, risk management, and asset allocation, one obstacle at a time. Along the way, you'll will discover simple methods to consistently generate investment ideas, and consider variables that impact returns, volatility, and overall attractiveness of returns.By the end of this book, you'll not only become familiar with some of the most sophisticated concepts in capital markets, but also have Python source code to construct a long/short product that investors are bound to find attractive.What You Will Learn:Develop the mindset required to win the infinite, complex, random game called the stock marketDemystify short selling in order to make consistent profits from bull, bear, and sideways marketsGenerate ideas consistently on both sides of the portfolioImplement Python source code to engineer a statistically robust trading edgePerform superior risk management for high returnsBuild a long/short product that investors will find appealingWho this book is for:This is a book by a practitioner for practitioners. It is designed to benefit a wide range of people, including long/short market participants, quantitative participants, proprietary traders, commodity trading advisors, retail investors (pro retailers, students, and retail quants), and long-only investors.At least 2 years of active trading experience, intermediate-level experience of the Python programming language, and basic mathematical literacy (basic statistics and algebra) are expected. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781801815192

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Titel: Algorithmic Short Selling with Python : ...

Verlag: Packt Publishing

Erscheinungsdatum: 2021

Einband: Taschenbuch

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