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 The course will tackle the following topics:
  • Stock data:
    • Sequential stock data, in one dimension (prices, returns, realized and Parkinson volatilities, autocorrelation, serial information)
    • Sequential stock data in higher dimension (correlation, Markowitz)
    • Standard trading strategies and their backtest
    • Market microstructure (order book, bid-ask spreads, liquidity risk)
  • Derivatives and options data : 
    • Introduction/reminders on forward and future contracts, no-arbitrage principles
    • Option prices (on a large equity index such as SP500), put-call parity.
    • Black Scholes formula with some justification (without continuous time stochastic calculus), numerical evaluation of implied volatilities.
    • Static no-arbitrage conditions on option prices and implied volatilities, fitting of a parametric implied volatility smile models (SVI, SSVI).
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