19 Mart 2012 Pazartesi

BGC Partners: Quant ideas: "Buy KCHOL- Sell SAHOL"

Our quantitative pair trading model signals to open Long "KCHOL"/ Short "SAHOL"

This is the 6th time that our model signals a pair trade between Koc Holding and Sabanci Holding over the past three years. The average return of the previous trades has been 3.2% while the relevant investment period was 6 days. Liquidity could not be an issue, since both Koc Holding and Sabanci Holding have respective average daily trading volumes of US$13mn.

Brief summary of the model:

Pairs are identified based on fundamental relations ie parent vs subsidiary, stocks in the same sectors such as banking or cement, or indices and their constituents. Later on, these pairs are tested statistically to see whether there is a high correlation between them. We analyse a total of 700 pairs on a daily basis. The model is structured around the mean reversion rule and parameters such as correlation, normal curve value of the differential, normal curve value of the ratio, moving averages, volatility and other statistical characteristics of the pairs are monitored on a daily basis.

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