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Constructing smart portfolios from data driven quantitative investment models

Constructing smart portfolios from data driven quantitative investment models
Constructing smart portfolios from data driven quantitative investment models
In this paper we present a smart portfolio management methodology, which advances existing portfolio management techniques at two distinct levels. First, we develop a set of investment models that target regimes found in the data over different time horizons. We then build a meta-model which uses the Kelly criterion to determine an optimal allocation over these investment strategies, thus simultaneously capturing regimes operating in the data over different time horizons. Finally, in order to detect changes in the relevant data regime, and hence investment allocations, we use a forecasting algorithm which relies on a Kalman filter. We call our combined method, that uses both the Kelly criterion and the Kalman filter, the K2 algorithm. Using a large-scale historical dataset of both stocks and indices, we show that our K2 algorithm gives better risk adjusted returns in terms of the Sharpe ratio, better average gain to average loss ratio and higher probability of success compared to existing benchmarks, when measured in out-of-sample test.
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Mehra, Chetan
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Gerding, Enrico
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Robu, Valentin
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Mehra, Chetan
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Gerding, Enrico
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Robu, Valentin
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Mehra, Chetan, Prugel-Bennett, Adam, Gerding, Enrico and Robu, Valentin (2014) Constructing smart portfolios from data driven quantitative investment models. Computational Intelligence for Financial Engineering and Economics (CIFEr), London, GB, 27 - 28 Mar 2014. IEEE, 1-8.. pp. 1-8 .

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Abstract

In this paper we present a smart portfolio management methodology, which advances existing portfolio management techniques at two distinct levels. First, we develop a set of investment models that target regimes found in the data over different time horizons. We then build a meta-model which uses the Kelly criterion to determine an optimal allocation over these investment strategies, thus simultaneously capturing regimes operating in the data over different time horizons. Finally, in order to detect changes in the relevant data regime, and hence investment allocations, we use a forecasting algorithm which relies on a Kalman filter. We call our combined method, that uses both the Kelly criterion and the Kalman filter, the K2 algorithm. Using a large-scale historical dataset of both stocks and indices, we show that our K2 algorithm gives better risk adjusted returns in terms of the Sharpe ratio, better average gain to average loss ratio and higher probability of success compared to existing benchmarks, when measured in out-of-sample test.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 27 March 2014
Venue - Dates: Computational Intelligence for Financial Engineering and Economics (CIFEr), London, GB, 27 - 28 Mar 2014. IEEE, 1-8., 2014-03-27
Organisations: Agents, Interactions & Complexity

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Local EPrints ID: 362984
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/362984
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ORCID for Enrico Gerding: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-7200-552X

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Date deposited: 18 Mar 2014 16:22
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Author: Chetan Mehra
Author: Adam Prugel-Bennett
Author: Enrico Gerding ORCID iD
Author: Valentin Robu

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