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Katsanos, CMT3 Chapter 4

Chapter 4: International Indices and Commodities

  • The DAX
  • The CAC 40
  • The FTSE
  • The Dow Jones STOXX 50 and Euro STOXX 50
  • The Nikkei
  • The Hang Seng
  • Trading Hours, Symbols and Volatility
  • The Dollar Index
  • The XOI and the OIX
  • The CRB Index
  • The Goldman Sachs Commodity Index (GSCI)
  • The XAU and the HUI
  • The VIX

Katsanos, CMT3 Chapter 3

Chapter 3: Regression

  • The Regression Equation
  • Multiple Regression
  • Assumptions
  • Nonparametric Regression

Katsanos, CMT3 Chapter 2

Chapter 2: Correlation

  • The Correlation Coefficient
  • Assumptions
  • Outliers
  • Homoscedasticity

Katsanos, CMT3 Chapter 1

Chapter 1: Intermarket Analysis

  • Determining Intermarket Relations
  • Using Intermarket Correlations for Portfolio Diversification

Katsanos, CMT3 Summary

Katsanos, Markos: Intermarket Trading Strategies, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., c. 2008, ISBN: 978-0-470- 75810-6

Chapters: 1-9

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Chapter 1: Intermarket Analysis
Chapter 2: Correlation
Chapter 3: Regression
Chapter 4: International Indices and Commodities
Chapter 5: The S&P 500
Chapter 6: European Indicies
Chapter 7: Gold
Chapter 8: Intraday Correlations
Chapter 9: Intermarket Indicators

 

Kaufman, CMT3 Chapter 23

Chapter 23: Risk Control

  • Mistaking Luck for Skill
  • Risk Aversion
  • Liquidity
  • Measuring Return and Risk
  • Leverage
  • Leverage Based on Exposure
  • Individual Trade Risk
  • Kaufman on Stops and Profit-Taking
  • Ranking of Markets for Selection
  • Probability of Success and Ruin
  • Entering a Position
  • Compounding a Position
  • Equity Trends
  • Investing and Reinvesting: Optimal F
  • Comparing Expected and Actual Results

Kaufman, CMT3, Chapter 22

Chapter 22: Practical Considerations

  • Use and Abuse of the Computer
  • Extreme Events
  • Gambling Techniques– The Theory of Runs
  • Selective Trading
  • System Trade-Offs
  • Trading Limits and Disconnected Markets
  • Silver and NASDAQ– Too Good to Be True
  • Similarity of Systematic Trading Signals

Kaufman, CMT3 Chapter 21

Chapter 21: System Testing

  • Expectations
  • Identifying the Parameters
  • Selecting the Test Data
  • Testing Integrity
  • Searching for the Best Result
  • Visualizing and Interpreting Test Results
  • Large-Scale Testing
  • Refining the Strategy Rules
  • Arriving at Valid Test Results
  • Comparing the Results of Two Systems
  • Profiting from the Worst Results
  • Retesting for Changing Parameters
  • Testing Across a Wide Range of Markets
  • Price Shocks
  • Anatomy of an Optimization
  • Summarizing Robustness

Kaufman, CMT3 Chapter 20

Chapter 20: Advanced Techniques

  • Measuring Volatility
  • Using Volatility for Trading
  • Trade Selection Using Volatility
  • Liquidity
  • Trends and Price Noise
  • Trends and Interest Rate Carry
  • Expert Systems
  • Fuzzy Logic
  • Fractals, Chaos, and Entropy
  • Neural Networks
  • Genetic Algorithms
  • Replication of Hedge Funds

Kaufman, CMT3 Chapter 19

Chapter 19: Multiple Time Frames

  • Tuning Two Time Frames to Work Together
  • Elder’s Triple-Screen Trading System
  • Robert Krausz’s Multiple Time Frames
  • Martin Pring’s KST Sytem