Pairs Trading and Market Timing

Study from academic researchers and industry practitioners has demonstrated that pairs trading strategy has the potential to generate consistent and stable risk adjusted returns in all market conditions. Our own research has also illustrated that pairs trading strategy can be implemented on daily base as well as intraday base. This blog will show the real out-of-sample pairs trades between NASDAQ 100 Index and Dow Jones Industry AVG Index, and the implied market timing.

Monday 30 November 2015

The uptrend is fading

YTD the average holding period is about 13 days. Since last uptrend signal appeared on Nov 16, it has been 14 days. It's not surprised that in this morning, the model gives us a downtrend signal. Pairs trading (long NDX short DOW) gained 1.1%, while buying S&P 500 Index would net 3% in last two weeks.

Pairs Trading and Market Timing

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Monday 30 November 2015

The uptrend is fading

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