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<p>To start things off, Columbia has been hosting a trading competition that myself and another partner are competing in. I'm including a notebook of the algorithm that we're using, just to give a simple overview of a miniature algorithm.</p>
<p>The competition is scored in 3 areas:</p>
<ul>
<li>Total return</li>
<li><a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpe_ratio target=_blank rel="noopener noreferrer">Sharpe ratio</a></li>
<li>Maximum drawdown</li>
</ul>
<p>Our algorithm uses a basic momentum strategy: in the given list of potential portfolios, pick the stocks that have been performing well in the past 30 days. Then, optimize for return subject to the drawdown being below a specific level. We didn't include the Sharpe ratio as a constraint, mostly because we were a bit late entering the competition.</p>
<p>I'll be updating this post with the results of our algorithm as they come along!</p>
<hr>
<p><strong>UPDATE 12/5/2015</strong>: Now that the competition has ended, I wanted to update how the algorithm performed. Unfortunately, it didn't do very well. I'm planning to make some tweaks over the coming weeks, and do another forward test in January.</p>
<ul>
<li>After week 1: Down .1%</li>
<li>After week 2: Down 1.4%</li>
<li>After week 3: Flat</li>
</ul>
<p>And some statistics for all teams participating in the competition:</p>
<table><thead><tr><th>Statistic<th>Value<tbody><tr><td>Max Return<td>74.1%<tr><td>Min Return<td>-97.4%<tr><td>Average Return<td>-.1%<tr><td>Std Dev of Returns<td>19.6%</table>
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<h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id=trading-competition-optimization>Trading Competition Optimization<a href=#trading-competition-optimization class=hash-link aria-label="Direct link to Trading Competition Optimization" title="Direct link to Trading Competition Optimization"></a></h2>
<p><strong>Goal: Max return given maximum Sharpe and Drawdown</strong></p>
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<h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id=calculating-the-return>Calculating the Return<a href=#calculating-the-return class=hash-link aria-label="Direct link to Calculating the Return" title="Direct link to Calculating the Return"></a></h2>
<p>We first want to know how much each ticker returned over the prior period.</p>
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<h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id=calculating-the-sharpe-ratio>Calculating the Sharpe ratio<a href=#calculating-the-sharpe-ratio class=hash-link aria-label="Direct link to Calculating the Sharpe ratio" title="Direct link to Calculating the Sharpe ratio"></a></h2>
<p>Sharpe: <span class=katex><span class=katex-mathml><math><semantics><mrow><mfrac><mrow><mi>R</mi><mo></mo><msub><mi>R</mi><mi>M</mi></msub></mrow><mi>σ</mi></mfrac></mrow><annotation encoding=application/x-tex>{R - R_M \over \sigma}</annotation></semantics></math></span><span class=katex-html aria-hidden=true><span class=base><span class=strut style=height:1.2336em;vertical-align:-0.345em></span><span class=mord><span class=mord><span class="mopen nulldelimiter"></span><span class=mfrac><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class=vlist-r><span class=vlist style=height:0.8886em><span style=top:-2.655em><span class=pstrut style=height:3em></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style=margin-right:0.03588em>σ</span></span></span></span><span style=top:-3.23em><span class=pstrut style=height:3em></span><span class=frac-line style=border-bottom-width:0.04em></span></span><span style=top:-3.4103em><span class=pstrut style=height:3em></span><span class="sizing reset-size6 size3 mtight"><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style=margin-right:0.00773em>R</span><span class="mbin mtight"></span><span class="mord mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style=margin-right:0.00773em>R</span><span class=msupsub><span class="vlist-t vlist-t2"><span class=vlist-r><span class=vlist style=height:0.3448em><span style=top:-2.3567em;margin-left:-0.0077em;margin-right:0.0714em><span class=pstrut style=height:2.5em></span><span class="sizing reset-size3 size1 mtight"><span class="mord mathnormal mtight" style=margin-right:0.10903em>M</span></span></span></span><span class=vlist-s></span></span><span class=vlist-r><span class=vlist style=height:0.1433em><span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class=vlist-s></span></span><span class=vlist-r><span class=vlist style=height:0.345em><span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="mclose nulldelimiter"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p>We use the average return over the lookback period, minus the market average return, over the ticker standard deviation to calculate the Sharpe. Shorting a stock turns a negative Sharpe positive.</p>
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<h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_LWe7" id=calculating-the-drawdown>Calculating the drawdown<a href=#calculating-the-drawdown class=hash-link aria-label="Direct link to Calculating the drawdown" title="Direct link to Calculating the drawdown"></a></h2>
<p>This one is easy - what is the maximum daily change over the lookback period? That is, because we will allow short positions, we are not concerned strictly with maximum downturn, but in general, what is the largest 1-day change?</p>
<div class="language-python codeBlockContainer_Ckt0 theme-code-block" style="--prism-background-color:hsl(230, 1%, 98%);--prism-color:hsl(230, 8%, 24%)"><div class=codeBlockContent_biex><pre tabindex=0 class="prism-code language-python codeBlock_bY9V thin-scrollbar" style="background-color:hsl(230, 1%, 98%);color:hsl(230, 8%, 24%)"><code class=codeBlockLines_e6Vv><span class=token-line style="color:hsl(230, 8%, 24%)"><span class="token plain">drawdown </span><span class="token operator" style="color:hsl(221, 87%, 60%)">=</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="color:hsl(301, 63%, 40%)">lambda</span><span class="token plain"> ret</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:hsl(119, 34%, 47%)">:</span><span class="token plain"> ret</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:hsl(119, 34%, 47%)">.</span><span class="token builtin" style="color:hsl(119, 34%, 47%)">abs</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:hsl(119, 34%, 47%)">(</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:hsl(119, 34%, 47%)">)</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:hsl(119, 34%, 47%)">.</span><span class="token builtin" style="color:hsl(119, 34%, 47%)">max</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:hsl(119, 34%, 47%)">(</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:hsl(119, 34%, 47%)">)</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class=token-line style="color:hsl(230, 8%, 24%)"><span class="token plain">drawdowns </span><span class="token operator" style="color:hsl(221, 87%, 60%)">=</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:hsl(119, 34%, 47%)">{</span><span class="token plain">tick</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:hsl(119, 34%, 47%)">:</span><span class="token plain"> drawdown</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:hsl(119, 34%, 47%)">(</span><span class="token plain">returns</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:hsl(119, 34%, 47%)">[</span><span class="token plain">tick</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:hsl(119, 34%, 47%)">]</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:hsl(119, 34%, 47%)">)</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token keyword" style="color:hsl(301, 63%, 40%)">for</span><span class="token plain"> tick </span><span class="token keyword" style="color:hsl(301, 63%, 40%)">in</span><span class="token plain"> tickers</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:hsl(119, 34%, 47%)">}</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class=token-line style="color:hsl(230, 8%, 24%)"><span class="token plain" style=display:inline-block></span><br></span><span class=token-line style="color:hsl(230, 8%, 24%)"><span class="token plain">display</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:hsl(119, 34%, 47%)">(</span><span class="token plain">drawdowns</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:hsl(119, 34%, 47%)">)</span><br></span></code></pre><div class=buttonGroup__atx><button type=button aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title=Copy class=clean-btn><span class=copyButtonIcons_eSgA aria-hidden=true><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class=copyButtonIcon_y97N><path fill=currentColor d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"/></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class=copyButtonSuccessIcon_LjdS><path fill=currentColor d=M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z /></svg></span></button></div></div></div>
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<h1>Performing the optimization</h1>
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<p>We want to maximize average return subject to having a full portfolio, Sharpe above a specific level, drawdown below a level, and leverage not too high - that is, don't have huge long/short positions.</p>
<div class="language-python codeBlockContainer_Ckt0 theme-code-block" style="--prism-background-color:hsl(230, 1%, 98%);--prism-color:hsl(230, 8%, 24%)"><div class=codeBlockContent_biex><pre tabindex=0 class="prism-code language-python codeBlock_bY9V thin-scrollbar" style="background-color:hsl(230, 1%, 98%);color:hsl(230, 8%, 24%)"><code class=codeBlockLines_e6Vv><span class=token-line style="color:hsl(230, 8%, 24%)"><span class="token keyword" style="color:hsl(301, 63%, 40%)">import</span><span class="token plain"> numpy </span><span class="token keyword" style="color:hsl(301, 63%, 40%)">as</span><span class="token plain"> np</span><br></span><span class=token-line style="color:hsl(230, 8%, 24%)"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token keyword" style="color:hsl(301, 63%, 40%)">from</span><span class="token plain"> scipy</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:hsl(119, 34%, 47%)">.</span><span class="token plain">optimize </span><span class="token keyword" style="color:hsl(301, 63%, 40%)">import</span><span class="token plain"> minimize</span><br></span><span class=token-line style="color:hsl(230, 8%, 24%)"><span class="token plain" style=display:inline-block></span><br></span><span class=token-line style="color:hsl(230, 8%, 24%)"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token comment" style="color:hsl(230, 4%, 64%)">#sharpe_limit = .1</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class=token-line style="color:hsl(230, 8%, 24%)"><span class="token plain">drawdown_limit </span><span class="token operator" style="color:hsl(221, 87%, 60%)">=</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token number" style="color:hsl(35, 99%, 36%)">.05</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class=token-line style="color:hsl(230, 8%, 24%)"><span class="token plain">leverage </span><span class="token operator" style="color:hsl(221, 87%, 60%)">=</span><span class="token plain"> </span><span class="token number" style="color:hsl(35, 99%, 36%)">250</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class=token-line style="color:hsl(230, 8%, 24%)"><span class="token plain" style=display:inline-block></span><br></span><span class=token-line style="color:hsl(230, 8%, 24%)"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token comment" style="color:hsl(230, 4%, 64%)"># Use the map so we can guarantee we maintain the correct order</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class=token-line style="color:hsl(230, 8%, 24%)"><span class="token plain" style=display:inline-block></span><br></span><span class=token-line style="color:hsl(230, 8%, 24%)"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token comment" style="color:hsl(230, 4%, 64%)"># So we can write as upper-bound</span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class=token-line style="color:hsl(230, 8%, 24%)"><span class="token plain"></span><span class="token comment" style="color:hsl(230, 4%, 64%)"># sharpe_a = np.array(list(map(lambda tick: sharpes[tick], tickers))) * -1 </span><span class="token plain"></span><br></span><span class=token-line style="color:hsl(230, 8%, 24%)"><span class="token plain">dd_a </span><span class="token operator" style="color:hsl(221, 87%, 60%)">=</span><span class="token plain"> np</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:hsl(119, 34%, 47%)">.</span><span class="token plain">array</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:hsl(119, 34%, 47%)">(</span><span class="token builtin" style="color:hsl(119, 34%, 47%)">list</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:hsl(119, 34%, 47%)">(</span><span class="token builtin" style="color:hsl(119, 34%, 47%)">map</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:hsl(119, 34%, 47%)">(</span><span class="token keyword" style="color:hsl(301, 63%, 40%)">lambda</span><span class="token plain"> tick</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:hsl(119, 34%, 47%)">:</span><span class="token plain"> drawdowns</span><span class="token punctuation" style="color:hsl(119, 34%, 47%)">[</span><span class="token plain">tick</s
<div class="codeBlockContainer_Ckt0 theme-code-block" style="--prism-background-color:hsl(230, 1%, 98%);--prism-color:hsl(230, 8%, 24%)"><div class=codeBlockContent_biex><pre tabindex=0 class="prism-code language-text codeBlock_bY9V thin-scrollbar" style="background-color:hsl(230, 1%, 98%);color:hsl(230, 8%, 24%)"><code class=codeBlockLines_e6Vv><span class=token-line style="color:hsl(230, 8%, 24%)"><span class="token plain"> 'Optimization terminated successfully.'</span><br></span><span class=token-line style="color:hsl(230, 8%, 24%)"><span class="token plain"> "Holdings: [('XOM', 5.8337945679814904),</span><br></span><span class=token-line style="color:hsl(230, 8%, 24%)"><span class="token plain"> ('CVX', 42.935064321851307),</span><br></span><span class=token-line style="color:hsl(230, 8%, 24%)"><span class="token plain"> ('CLB', -124.5),</span><br></span><span class=token-line style="color:hsl(230, 8%, 24%)"><span class="token plain"> ('OXY', 36.790387773552119),</span><br></span><span class=token-line style="color:hsl(230, 8%, 24%)"><span class="token plain"> ('SLB', 39.940753336615096)]"</span><br></span><span class=token-line style="color:hsl(230, 8%, 24%)"><span class="token plain"> 'Expected Return: 32.375%'</span><br></span><span class=token-line style="color:hsl(230, 8%, 24%)"><span class="token plain"> 'Expected Max Drawdown: 4.34%'</span><br></span></code></pre><div class=buttonGroup__atx><button type=button aria-label="Copy code to clipboard" title=Copy class=clean-btn><span class=copyButtonIcons_eSgA aria-hidden=true><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class=copyButtonIcon_y97N><path fill=currentColor d="M19,21H8V7H19M19,5H8A2,2 0 0,0 6,7V21A2,2 0 0,0 8,23H19A2,2 0 0,0 21,21V7A2,2 0 0,0 19,5M16,1H4A2,2 0 0,0 2,3V17H4V3H16V1Z"/></svg><svg viewBox="0 0 24 24" class=copyButtonSuccessIcon_LjdS><path fill=currentColor d=M21,7L9,19L3.5,13.5L4.91,12.09L9,16.17L19.59,5.59L21,7Z /></svg></span></button></div></div></div></div></article><nav class="pagination-nav docusaurus-mt-lg" aria-label="Blog post page navigation"><a class="pagination-nav__link pagination-nav__link--next" href=/2015/11/autocallable><div class=pagination-nav__sublabel>Newer post</div><div class=pagination-nav__label>Autocallable Bonds</div></a></nav></main><div class="col col--2"><div class="tableOfContents_bqdL thin-scrollbar"><ul class="table-of-contents table-of-contents__left-border"><li><a href=#trading-competition-optimization class="table-of-contents__link toc-highlight">Trading Competition Optimization</a><li><a href=#calculating-the-return class="table-of-contents__link toc-highlight">Calculating the Return</a><li><a href=#calculating-the-sharpe-ratio class="table-of-contents__link toc-highlight">Calculating the Sharpe ratio</a><li><a href=#calculating-the-drawdown class="table-of-contents__link toc-highlight">Calculating the drawdown</a></ul></div></div></div></div></div><footer class=footer><div class="container container-fluid"><div class="footer__bottom text--center"><div class=footer__copyright>Copyright © 2024 Bradlee Speice</div></div></div></footer></div>