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Why Volatility Targeting Works

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Section 1: Enhancing Cross-Sectional Strategies by Context-Aware LTR with Self-Attention9 videos

Strategy Performance

16m

Introduction to an Advanced LTR Method

5m

Overview Paper

9m

Model Overview

8m

Backtest Method for CSM Strategy

9m

Enhancing the Ranking

22m

Context Aware Model and Encodings

28m

Transformer Architecture

31m

Experiment Methodology

6m
Section 2: A Century of Evidence on Trend-Following Investing7 videos

Introduction to a Century of Evidence

4m

Types of Momentum Strategies

9m

Methodology

29m

Time Series Momentum

16m

Performance Over a Century

10m

Performance During Crisis Periods

9m

Performance in Different Economic Environments

20m
Section 3: Momentum Turning Points10 videos

Introduction to Turning Points

8m

Dynamic Speed Selection

26m

Dynamic vs. Static Strategies

21m

What Are Turning Points

18m

Defining Slow and Fast

4m

Slow and Fast Cycles

22m

The Effect of Noise and Persistence (Signal)

19m

The Model

14m

Performance

29m

Beta and Alpha Decomposition

11m
Section 4: Trending Fast and Slow10 videos

Application to the Broader Universe

24m

Conclusion

22m

Introduction to Trending Fast and Slow

2m

Theory

19m

Inisghts on the speeds (window periods)

17m

Approaches to Risk Management

15m

Signal Construction

15m

Statistics of the S&P 500

9m

Momentum Under Different Regimes

52m

Sources of Out-Performance

24m
Section 5: Position Sizing Volatility Targeting7 videos

Introduction to Volatility Targeting

19m

Key Concepts

16m

Findings and Data Sets

12m

Applying Volatility Targeting (Scaling)

29m

Performance in Equities

49m

Performance in Bonds and Other Asset Classes

33m

Why Volatility Targeting Works

31mNow Playing
Section 6: Introduction to Deep Momentum Networks (Time Series Momentum Strategies)6 videos

Introduction to Deep Momentum Networks

7m

Insights on Momentum Strategies

13m

Construction of Trading Signals

6m

Loss Function and Architecture

11m

The Data Used

8m

Performance Evaluation

23m
Section 7: Advanced Deep Momentum Networks with Change Point Detection5 videos

Introduction Deep Mom Networks with Change Point Detection

8m

Momentum and Mean Reversion

20m

Change Point Detection

1h

Methodology

22m

Results

55m
Section 8: Cross-Sectional Momentum Strategies with Learning to Rank9 videos

Learning to build a LTR Strategy

4m

Introduction to Learning to Rank in Trading

11m

The Oxford MAN Institute

13m

Cross Sectional Momentum (CSM) Strategies

14m

Anatomy of a CSM Strategy

16m

Score Calculation

22m

What is Learning to Rank

11m

How to do it in Finance

19m

Performance Results

22m
Section 9: Market Conditions that Favor Strategies8 videos

Results

34m

Introduction to Favourable Market Conditions

10m

Key Takeaways

3m

Carry Strategy

21m

Momentum Strategy

9m

Value Strategy

1h

Important - Valuable Insight! Signal Construction

12m

Portfolio Construction

7m