Corcoran Long/Short Market Dynamics

Trading Strategies for Today's Markets
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-470-06531-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 358 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wiley Trading Series

Hedge funds are now the largest volume players in the capitalmarkets. They follow a wide assortment of strategies but theiractivities have replaced and overshadowed the traditional model ofthe long only portfolio manager. Many of the traditional technicalindicators and commonly accepted trading strategies have becomeobsolete or ineffective.
The focus throughout the book is to describe the principalinnovations that have been made within the equity markets over thelast several years and that have changed the ground rules fortrading activities. By understanding these changes the activetrader is far better equipped to profit in today's morecomplex and risky markets. Long/Short Market Dynamicsincludes:
* A completely new technique, Comparative Quantiles Analysis, foridentifying market turning points is introduced. It is based onstatistical techniques that can be used to recognize money flow andprice/momentum divergences that can provide substantial profitopportunities.
* Power laws, regime shifts, self-organized criticality, phasetransitions, network dynamics, econophysics, algorithmic tradingand other ideas from the science of complexity are examined. Allare described as concretely as possible and avoiding unnecessarymathematics and formalism.
* Alpha generation, portfolio construction, hedge ratios, andbeta neutral portfolios are illustrated with case studies andworked examples.
* Episodes of financial contagion are illustrated with a proposedexplanation of their origins within underlying market dynamics

Autoren/Hrsg.

Corcoran, Clive M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Coming to Terms with New Market Dynamics.
2 Range Expansion and Liquidity.
3 Comparative Quantiles.
4 Volume as a Leading Indicator.
5 Alignments and Divergences.
6 Volatility.
7 The Morphology of Gaps.
8 Correlation and Convergence.
9 Random Walks and Power Laws.
10 Regime Shifts and Stationarity.
11 Money Management Techniques.
12 Portfolio Theory.
13 Alpha.
14 Markets as Networks.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Clive M. Corcoran has been an active trader for many years on both sides of the Atlantic. He is also a trading software developer and consultant and focuses on risk reduction and market neutral strategies for portfolio managers. He has been a university lecturer in Economics and Statistics, is an acknowledged communicator on the capital markets and has been a featured speaker at trading expos and workshops. Previously he worked in radio broadcasting and was the founder and CEO of a personal and business management company for entertainment professionals that operated in Los Angeles, London and Toronto. Corcoran's newsletter and daily market analysis are published at www.tradewithform.com. He lives in Berkshire, England.