Analysis of Algorithmic Trading industry, Hedge Funds and their investment strategies
Oct 2017 - Current (9 years)
This project aims for three different goals: first of all, the concepts of trading, in general, and
algorithmic trading, in particular, are introduced; in second place, a study about portfolio management and optimization is carried out; and finally, there’s an introduction to the concept of Investment Funds, putting emphasis on the Hedge Fund industry and their investment strategies.
In the first, second, third and fourth chapters the concept of trading is introduced and a classification of several strategies used nowadays is shown. After that, a thorough analysis of the algorithmic trading industry is performed, which comprises several aspects related to it such as its historical evolution, some of the most common programmi