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Portfolio trading system using maximum sharpe ratio criterion.

Yung Yan Keung. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 144-147). / Chapter Chapter 1: --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Review on Portfolio Theory --- p.3 / Chapter - 1.1.1 --- Expected Return and Risk of a Security --- p.3 / Chapter -1.1.2 --- Expected Return and Risk of a Portfolio --- p.4 / Chapter -1.1.3 --- The Feasible Set --- p.5 / Chapter - 1.1.4 --- Assumptions on the Investor --- p.6 / Chapter -1.1.5 --- Efficient Portfolios --- p.6 / Chapter -1.1.5.1 --- Bounds on the Return and Risk of a portfolio --- p.6 / Chapter -1.1.5.2 --- Concavity of the Efficient Set --- p.8 / Chapter -1.1.6 --- The Market Model --- p.9 / Chapter -1.1.7 --- Risk-free Asset --- p.11 / Chapter - 1.1.8 --- Portfolio involving Risk-free Asset --- p.12 / Chapter -1.1.9 --- The Sharpe Ratio --- p.14 / Chapter 1.2 --- Review on Some Trading Models --- p.19 / Chapter -1.2.1 --- Buy and Hold Model --- p.19 / Chapter -1.2.2 --- Trading Model with Prediction Criteria --- p.20 / Chapter -1.2.2.1 --- Two School of Theories --- p.20 / Chapter - 1.2.2.2 --- Prediction of the stock price movement --- p.20 / Chapter -1.2.2.3 --- The Use of Neural Network in Prediction --- p.21 / Chapter -1.2.2.4 --- Single Step and Multi-step Prediction --- p.23 / Chapter - 1.2.2.5 --- Trading Model based on Prediction Criteria --- p.25 / Chapter - 1.2.2.6 --- For More Accurate Prediction --- p.25 / Chapter -1.2.3 --- Weigend's Model --- p.26 / Chapter - 1.2.3.1 --- Introduction --- p.26 / Chapter -1.2.3.2 --- The Model Setup --- p.26 / Chapter -1.2.3.3 --- The Objective Functions --- p.27 / Chapter - 1.2.3.4 --- The Gradient Ascending Algorithm --- p.27 / Chapter -1.2.3.5 --- The Gradient of the Sharpe Ratio --- p.27 / Chapter - 1.2.3.6 --- The Training Procedure --- p.28 / Chapter - 1.2.3.7 --- Some Properties of the Sharpe Ratio Training --- p.28 / Chapter -1.2.4 --- Bengio's Model --- p.29 / Chapter -1.2.4.1. --- Overview --- p.29 / Chapter -1.2.4.2. --- The Trading System --- p.29 / Chapter - 1.2.4.3 --- The Objective Function: the Portfolio Return --- p.31 / Chapter - 1.2.4.4. --- The Training Process --- p.32 / Chapter - 1.2.4.5 --- Computer Simulation --- p.34 / Chapter - 1.2.4.6 --- Discussion --- p.36 / Chapter Chapter 2: --- The Naive Sharpe Ratio Model --- p.38 / Chapter - 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.39 / Chapter - 2.2 --- Definition of the Naive Sharpe Ratio --- p.39 / Chapter - 2.3 --- Gradient of Naive Sharpe Ratio with respect to the portfolio weighting: --- p.40 / Chapter - 2.4 --- The Training Process --- p.40 / Chapter - 2.5 --- Analysis of the Gradient --- p.41 / Chapter -2.6 --- Compare with Bengio's and Weigend's Model --- p.42 / Chapter -2.7. --- Computer Simulations --- p.43 / Chapter -2.7.1 --- Experiment 1: How the Sharpe Ratio is Maximized --- p.43 / Chapter -2.7.1.1 --- Experiment 11 --- p.44 / Chapter -2.7.1.2 --- Experiment 12 --- p.45 / Chapter -2.7.1.3 --- Experiment 13 --- p.46 / Chapter -2.7.2 --- Experiment 2: Reducing the Unique Risk --- p.49 / Chapter -2.7.3 --- Experiment 3: Apply to the Stock Market --- p.52 / Chapter -2.8 --- Redefining the Naive Sharpe ratio with down-side risk --- p.56 / Chapter -2.8.1 --- Definitions --- p.56 / Chapter -2.8.2 --- Gradient of the Downside Nai've Sharpe Ratio --- p.57 / Chapter -2.8.3 --- Analysis of the gradient of the new Sharpe ratio --- p.57 / Chapter -2.8.4 --- Experiment: Compared with Symmetric Risk --- p.59 / Chapter -2.8.4.1 --- Experimental Setup --- p.59 / Chapter -2.8.4.2 --- Experimental Result --- p.60 / Chapter -2.8.4.3 --- Discussion --- p.62 / Chapter - 2.9 --- Further Discussion --- p.63 / Chapter Chapter 3: --- The Total Sharpe Ratio Model --- p.64 / Chapter - 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.65 / Chapter -3.2 --- Defining risk of portfolio in terms of component securities' risk --- p.65 / Chapter -3.2.1. --- Return for Each Security and the Whole Portfolio at Each Time Step --- p.65 / Chapter -3.3.2. --- Covariance of the Individual Securities' Returns --- p.66 / Chapter -3.2.3. --- Define the Sharpe Ratio and the Objective Function --- p.66 / Chapter -3.2.3.1. --- The Excess Return --- p.66 / Chapter -3.2.3.2. --- The Risk --- p.67 / Chapter -3.2.3.3. --- The Sharpe Ratio at Time t --- p.67 / Chapter -3.2.3.4. --- The Objective Function: the total Sharpe ratio --- p.67 / Chapter -3.2.3.5. --- The Training Process --- p.68 / Chapter -3.3 --- Calculating the Gradient of the Total Sharpe Ratio --- p.69 / Chapter -3.4. --- Analysis of the Total Sharpe Ratio Gradient --- p.70 / Chapter -3.4.1 --- The Gradient Vector of the Sharpe Ratio at a Particular Time Step --- p.70 / Chapter -3.4.2 --- The Gradient Vector of the Risk --- p.70 / Chapter - 3.5 --- Computer Simulation: --- p.72 / Chapter -3.5.1 --- Apply to the Stock Market1 --- p.72 / Chapter -3.5.1.1 --- Objective --- p.72 / Chapter - 3.5.1.2 --- Experimental Setup --- p.72 / Chapter -3.5.1.3 --- The Experimental Result --- p.73 / Chapter -3.5.2 --- Apply to the Stock Market2 --- p.78 / Chapter -3.5.2.1 --- Objective --- p.78 / Chapter -3.5.2.2 --- Experimental Setup --- p.78 / Chapter -3.5.2.3 --- The Experimental Result --- p.79 / Chapter -3.6 --- Defining the Total Sharpe Ratio in terms of Downside Risk --- p.84 / Chapter - 3.6.1. --- Introduction --- p.84 / Chapter -3.6.2. --- Covariance of the individual securities' returns --- p.84 / Chapter -3.6.3. --- Define the Downside Risk Sharpe ratio and the objective function --- p.85 / Chapter -3.6.3.1. --- The Excess Return --- p.85 / Chapter -3.6.3.2. --- The Downside Risk --- p.85 / Chapter -3.6.3.3. --- The Sharpe ratio at time T --- p.85 / Chapter -3.6.3.4. --- The Objective function --- p.85 / Chapter -3.6.4. --- The Training Process --- p.85 / Chapter -3.7 --- Total Sharpe Ratio involving Transaction Cost --- p.86 / Chapter -3.7.1 --- Introduction --- p.86 / Chapter -3.7.2 --- Return for each stock and the whole portfolio at each time step --- p.86 / Chapter -3.7.3 --- Linear Approximation of the Portfolio's return --- p.88 / Chapter -3.7.4 --- Covariance of the individual securities' returns --- p.89 / Chapter -3.7.5 --- Define the Sharpe ratio and the objective function --- p.90 / Chapter -3.7.5.1 --- The Excess Return --- p.90 / Chapter -3.7.5.2 --- The Risk --- p.90 / Chapter -3.7.5.3 --- The Sharpe Ratio at time T --- p.90 / Chapter -3.7.5.4 --- The Objective Function --- p.90 / Chapter -3.7.6 --- Calculation of the gradient of the Total Sharpe ratio --- p.91 / Chapter -3.7.7. --- Analysis of the Total Sharpe Ratio Gradient --- p.94 / Chapter -3.7.7.1 --- The Gradient Vector of the Sharpe Ratio at a Particular Time Step --- p.94 / Chapter -3.7.7.2 --- The Gradient Vector of the Risk --- p.94 / Chapter -3.7.8 --- Experiment 1: Compare with Buy and Hold Method --- p.96 / Chapter -3.7.8.1 --- Experiment 11 --- p.96 / Chapter -3.7.8.2. --- Experiment 12 --- p.102 / Chapter -3.7.9 --- Experiment 2: Compared with Naive Sharpe Ratio --- p.108 / Chapter -3.7.9.1 --- Objective --- p.108 / Chapter -3.7.9.2. --- Experimental Setup --- p.108 / Chapter -3.7.9.3. --- The Experimental Result --- p.109 / Chapter - 3.7.10 --- Experiment 3: Compared with other models --- p.113 / Chapter - 3.7.10.1 --- Experiment 31 --- p.113 / Chapter - 3.7.10.2. --- Experiment 32 --- p.117 / Chapter -3.7.11 --- Experiment 4: Apply to the Stock Market --- p.121 / Chapter -3.7.11.1 --- Objective --- p.121 / Chapter - 3.7.11.2. --- Experimental Setup --- p.121 / Chapter -3.7.11.3. --- The Experimental Result --- p.121 / Chapter Chapter 4: --- Conclusion --- p.126 / Appendix A --- p.130 / Appendix B --- p.139 / Appendix C --- p.141 / Appendix D --- p.142 / Reference --- p.144

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_322742
Date January 1999
ContributorsYung, Yan Keung., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Computer Science and Engineering.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, iii, 147 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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