The VIX Futures Basis

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    The VIX Futures Basis

    In the eye of the recent storm, with VIX up over 50, many traders were looking to “short the VIX”

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    Revenge of the Stock Pickers

    To say we’re living through extraordinary times would be an understatement. We saw the best part of 40% wiped off

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    A Vector Autoregression Trading Model

    The vector autoregression (VAR) framework is common in econometrics for modelling correlated variables with bi-directional relationships and feedback loops. If

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    Pairs Trading in Zorro

    In our previous post, we looked into implementing a Kalman filter in R for calculating the hedge ratio in a

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    Kalman Filter Example:
    Pairs Trading in R

    This Kalman Filter Example post is the first in a series where we deploy the Kalman Filter in pairs trading.

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    Pattern Recognition with the Frechet Distance

    Chart patterns have long been a favourite of the technical analysis community. Triangles, flags, pennants, cups, heads and shoulders…. Name

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    Practical Pairs Trading

    Some price series are mean reverting some of the time, but it is also possible to create portfolios which are

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    ETF Rotation Strategies in Zorro

    At Robot Wealth we get more questions than even the most sleep-deprived trader can handle. So whilst we develop the

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    Dual Momentum Investing: A Quant’s Review

    I recently read Gary Antonacci’s book Dual Momentum Investing: An Innovative Strategy for Higher Returns with Lower Risk, and it was