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def estimate_covariance(returns, method='shrinkage'):
"""Estimate covariance with Ledoit-Wolf shrinkage."""
if method == 'shrinkage':
cov = LedoitWolf().fit(returns).covariance_
else:
cov = returns.cov().values
return cov
Sigma = estimate_covariance(asset_returns)Real Output
The same visualizations and systems used at hedge funds. Not simplified versions. The real thing.
Find optimal weights using convex optimization. Handle real constraints like position limits.
Implement VWAP and Almgren-Chriss optimal execution. Minimize market impact.
Explore portfolio risk surfaces and read volatility straight from price data.
Simulate option replication and measure what hedging really costs.
How It Works
Step-by-step explanations of portfolio optimization, risk metrics, and execution models.
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Download as Jupyter notebooks. Plug in your own data. Add to your GitHub portfolio.
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The Quant Pipeline
Every project is one stage of a real trading system - raw ticks in, executed orders out. Build the desk stage by stage.
Build the foundation: data pipelines, APIs, and processing systems
Find signals: factor models, statistical analysis, and strategy discovery
Discover how markets move in recurring patterns by analyzing return data as geometric structure. Use vectors, matrices, and dimensionality analysis to see regimes as clusters in reduced space.
Design a single trade by choosing optimal parameters using single-variable calculus. At every step, you control one variable, analyze a function, and justify decisions mathematically.
Make a real quant decision: evaluate a trading strategy using expected value, break-even analysis, Monte Carlo simulation, and stress testing. Determine whether to trade or not trade—and justify your verdict.
Apply multivariable calculus to analyze how a two-asset portfolio responds to market movements. Compute partial derivatives, gradients, directional derivatives, and the Hessian to understand risk exposure and build Taylor approximations.
Combine signals: optimization, allocation, and risk budgeting
Trade efficiently: algorithms, market impact, and order management
Manage risk: VaR, drawdown analysis, and performance attribution
Build a discrete-time delta-hedging engine, decompose its P&L into theta and gamma, find the cost-optimal rebalancing frequency, then watch the Black-Scholes hedge break under jumps and stochastic volatility. The capstone project for the Stochastic Calculus module.
How much volatility information lives in the high and low? Build an exact bar simulator, measure the famous range estimators honestly, and stress-test them until they break.
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