Algo Trading

Optimal Mean Reversion Trading: Mathematical Analysis & Practical Applications

Book Description, Contents, and Sample Chapter

Tim Leung, Ph.D.
Quantitative Investing
2 min readAug 28, 2020

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Build a trading system based on mean reversion. Image by Csaba Nagy.

The book was selected to the BookAuthority 100 Best Derivatives Books of All Time, ranking #12. It also ranks #6 among their Best Mathematical Analysis Books of All Time.

Book Description

Optimal Mean Reversion Trading: Mathematical Analysis and Practical Applications provides a systematic study to the practical problem of optimal trading in the presence of mean-reverting price dynamics. It is self-contained and organized in its presentation, and provides rigorous mathematical analysis as well as computational methods for trading ETFs, options, futures on commodities or volatility indices, and credit risk derivatives.

This book offers a rigorous financial engineering approach that combines novel analytical methodologies and applications to a wide array of real-world examples. It extracts the mathematical problems from various trading approaches and scenarios, but also addresses the practical aspects of trading problems, such as model estimation, risk premium, risk constraints, and transaction costs.

The explanations in the book are detailed enough to capture the interest of the…

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Tim Leung, Ph.D.
Quantitative Investing

Endowed Chair Professor of Applied Math, Director of the Computational Finance & Risk Management (CFRM) Program at University of Washington in Seattle