Statistical arbitrage: an approach from econophysics

The statistical arbitrage strategy emerged in the mid-80s, developed by a group of scientists associated with Morgan Stanley's investment bank. This approach entails the choice of a pair of financial assets that have traditionally shown parallel movements. A profit can be achieved by establ...

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Autores: Ramos-Requena, José Pedro, García Amate, Antonio Jesús, López-García, María de las Nieves
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universidad Pública de Navarra
Repositorio:Academica-e. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Pública de Navarra
OAI Identifier:oai:academica-e.unavarra.es:2454/55690
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2454/55690
Access Level:acceso embargado
Palabra clave:Statistical arbitrage
Pairs trading
Econophysics
Hurst exponent
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Sumario:The statistical arbitrage strategy emerged in the mid-80s, developed by a group of scientists associated with Morgan Stanley's investment bank. This approach entails the choice of a pair of financial assets that have traditionally shown parallel movements. A profit can be achieved by establishing a long-short position on this pair when they move apart, resulting in gains upon their subsequent return to an average when closing the position. In this chapter, we are going to conduct a study on the application of this methodology by applying methods from the field of econophysics. To do this, we will examine the Hurst exponent method, which is one of the approaches that best fits to measure the mean reversion of financial series.