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Published inSep 2021
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Laurent Bernut
Laurent Bernut
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Laurent Bernut

Laurent Bernut has 2 decades of experience in alternative investment space. After the US CPA, he compiled financial statements in Japanese and English for a Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed corporation. After serving as an analyst in two Tokyo-based hedge funds, he joined Fidelity Investments Japan as a dedicated quantitative short-seller. Laurent has built numerous portfolio management systems and developed several quantitative models across various platforms. He currently writes and runs algorithmic strategies and is an undisputed authority on short selling on Quora, where he was nominated top writer for 2017, 2018, and 2019.
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Comparing position-sizing algorithms

Let's take an example to further illustrate the principle. Let's use the exact same signals and starting capital. Then, let's use various position-sizing algorithms. Let's compute the equity curve for each position-sizing algorithm. The objective is to see how much position sizing impacts returns.

For demonstration purposes, we will recycle our go-to Softbank in absolute with Turtle for dummies, along with our regime_breakout() function from Chapter 5, Regime Definition. Once again, please do not do this at home, as it is too simplistic to be deployed in a professional investment product:

def regime_breakout(df,_h,_l,window):
    hl =  np.where(df[_h] == df[_h].rolling(window).max(),1,
                                np.where(df[_l] == df[_l].rolling(window).min(), -1,np.nan))
    roll_hl = pd.Series(index= df.index, data= hl).fillna(method= 'ffill')
    return roll_hl
 
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Published in: Sep 2021Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781801815192

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Laurent Bernut

Laurent Bernut has 2 decades of experience in alternative investment space. After the US CPA, he compiled financial statements in Japanese and English for a Tokyo Stock Exchange-listed corporation. After serving as an analyst in two Tokyo-based hedge funds, he joined Fidelity Investments Japan as a dedicated quantitative short-seller. Laurent has built numerous portfolio management systems and developed several quantitative models across various platforms. He currently writes and runs algorithmic strategies and is an undisputed authority on short selling on Quora, where he was nominated top writer for 2017, 2018, and 2019.
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