Harbourfront Technologies·Jul 5The Market Impact of Retail Options TradingRetail trading, especially in the options market, which has traditionally been the domain of institutional traders, has received relatively…
Harbourfront Technologies·Jun 26Why System Validation Matters More Than EverToday, AI and machine learning techniques are evolving at a rapid pace, making the development of trading systems increasingly accessible…
Harbourfront Technologies·Jun 2Does Regression Still Work in Modern Markets?Regression is one of the oldest and widely used statistical techniques. It has found applications across the social sciences, engineering…
Harbourfront Technologies·May 18Volatility Derivatives and VIX Market DynamicsHedging is a fundamental risk management tool. The most common hedging instruments are futures and options associated with a given…
Harbourfront Technologies·May 4Overfitting and Parameter Selection in Trading StrategiesThe risk of overfitting is serious and can lead to significant losses. It has been discussed in previous posts. In this edition, we revisit…
Harbourfront Technologies·Apr 21Volatility Risk Premium and Clustering: Intraday vs Overnight DynamicsThe decomposition of risks and returns into overnight and intraday components is an emerging area of research. In this post, we examine how…
Harbourfront Technologies·Apr 6Large Language Models in Trading: Models and Market DynamicsI just returned from a two-day conference in New York, FutureAlpha (formerly QuantStrats). This year, the theme focused largely on data…
Harbourfront Technologies·Mar 29Evaluating Option-Based Strategies and Dollar-Cost AveragingIn past issues, we discussed popular investment strategies such as covered calls and collars. In this post, we continue by examining other…
Harbourfront Technologies·Mar 11Machine Learning for Derivative Pricing and Crash PredictionApplications of machine learning in finance continue to evolve rapidly. In previous posts, we discussed both the uses and the challenges of…
Harbourfront Technologies·Feb 23Do Options Exhibit Momentum?Momentum has been studied extensively across equities, commodities, and other asset classes, with well-documented evidence of…