1. TRADING/INVESTMENT
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Rodrigo Sucupira Andrade Lima
Automation and Control Engineering
Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo
2. QUESTION
Investment management systems are risky?
Can computer programs anticipate
market movements?
How mathematic models extract information
from financial times series?
12. MARKET COMPLEXITY
• LONG TERM INVESTMENTS
• SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS
• BUY-SIDE INVESTORS
• HIGH FREQUENCY TRADERS
• DAY-TRADERS
• QUANTITATIVE TRADERS
• STATISTICAL ARBRITAGE
• SCALPING
15. STATISTICS
HISTOGRAMS
CLUSTERS PLOTTING
PARAMETRIC
MONTE CARLO SIMULATION
NON-PARAMETRIC DISTRIBUTIONS
ROBUST STATISTICS
SKEWNESS KURTOSIS
CORRELATION
STANDART DEVIATION
MEAN