Please, describe what the strategy here is, then go and simulate it. It will *at best* be flat.
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Please do. Of course, this is gross of tcost. Please keep that in mind. But you can make money.
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Gross of tcost is fine. I’m still waiting for a description of the strategy though?
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Here's the strat. Let's say we have a portfolio of 50% cash / 50% your simulated stock. At the end of each day, rebalance this portfolio back to 50/50. Basically, you buy more stock if it goes down and sell some if it went up that day. Let me know the returns you see.
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Replying to @zzzrrrzzz12 @macrocephalopod and
So were you able to try this out?
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I didn't bother responding because it so obviously doesn't work, but since you followed up - I implemented exactly what is described in this tweet (matab code in image) https://twitter.com/goldstein_aa/status/1370887341750038528?s=20 …pic.twitter.com/EMXiwPazXM
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Replying to @macrocephalopod @zzzrrrzzz12 and
I then implemented your strategy here (matlab code in the first image, resulting account equity in the second image)pic.twitter.com/ra0MLhWGLZ
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Replying to @macrocephalopod @zzzrrrzzz12 and
I’m surprised the equity curve looks like this. It would suggest that doing the opposite could be a great money maker.
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Replying to @MarkGutman9 @zzzrrrzzz12 and
No, if you did the opposite then the volatility drag still works against you. Geometric return is arithmetic return minus half the variance. If arithmetic return is zero then going long/short with rebalancing has the same negative expected return.
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Replying to @macrocephalopod @MarkGutman9 and
Depend on how your using "expected return". In the traditional sense it's zero. But if Geometric is "expected", then you just short it and expect to make money, which is why it's not normal for stocks to have zero arithmetic return.
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For sure. The normal situation is definitely for arithmetic exp return to be positive, and geometric could be positive or negative depending on the stock (but if negative you expect to diversify it away).
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Replying to @macrocephalopod @breakingthemark and
This is a key point of academic finance that strawman critics like to gloss over.
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Replying to @therobotjames @macrocephalopod and
Yeah, problem is that theory really doesn't have any proof.
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