Risk management in trading : techniques to drive profitability of hedge funds and trading desks /
"A comprehensive resource for understanding how to minimize risk and increase profits In this accessible resource, Wall Street trader and quantitative analyst Davis W. Edwards offers a definitive guide for nonprofessionals which describes the techniques and strategies seasoned traders use when...
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| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, New Jersey :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
[2014]
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| Series: | Wiley finance
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Series; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Preface; CHAPTER 1 Trading and Hedge Funds; Overview of Book; Trading Desks; Hedge Funds; Hedge Funds Today; Strategies; Fund of Funds; Risk Management; Risk and Trading Decisions; Trading; Making a Trade; Trades; Markets; Market and Limit Orders; Order Lifespan; Trading Positions; Prices; Managing Trading Risk; What is Risk?; Risk and Reward; Monitoring Risk; Managing Risk; Test Your Knowledge; CHAPTER 2 Financial Markets; Financial Instruments; Real Assets; Financial Assets; Derivatives; Commodity Spot Market; Equities (Stocks).
- Bonds (Fixed Income, Debt)Currencies (Foreign Exchange); Forwards and Commodity Swaps; Futures; Interest Rate Swaps; Options; Test Your Knowledge; CHAPTER 3 Financial Mathematics; Overview; Variables and Functions; Random Numbers; Statistics; Mean, Median, and Mode; Variance and Volatility; Skew and Kurtosis; Random Walks (Stochastic Processes); Mean Reversion; Correlation; Diversification; Normal Distributions; Log-Normal Distributions; Calculus; Functions; First Derivative; Calculus Integration; Calculus Derivatives; Calculus Taylor Series; Time Value of Money; Test Your Knowledge.
- CHAPTER 4 Backtesting and Trade ForensicsSystematic Trading; Data Validation; Strategy Testing; Transaction Costs and Slippage; Monte Carlo Testing; Model Risk; Comparing Strategies; Combining Strategies; Trade Surveillance; Test Your Knowledge; Profits and Losses; Market Price; Market Liquidity and Mark to Market; MTM and Market Crashes; MTM Accounting; Highest and Best Use; Fair Value Hierarchy; Efficient Markets; Dominant Traders; Test Your Knowledge; Position Limits; What is Value-At-Risk?; Trading Limits; Percent Returns; Parametric VAR; Estimating Volatility for Parametric VAR.
- Calculating Portfolio VARVariance/Covariance Matrix; Non-Parametric VAR; VAR Limits in Practice; The Misuse of VAR; Test Your Knowledge; CHAPTER 7 Hedging; Hedging; How is Hedging Used?; Hedging Costs Money; Minimum Variance Hedge Ratio; Mismatched Cash Flows; Hedge Effectiveness Testing; Hedge-Accounting Memo; Regression Tests; Logarithmic Returns; Test Your Knowledge; CHAPTER 8 Options, Greeks, and Non-Linear Risks; Options; Greeks; The Value of Options; Black Scholes Formula; Delta; Gamma; Relationship Between Put/Call Parity and Gamma; Theta; Vega; Rho and Phi; Test Your Knowledge.
