Momentum, Market Regime and Stocks & Options Trading Strategies

19 Pages Posted: 10 Jan 2019 Last revised: 2 Apr 2021

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Oluwaseyi (Tony) Awoga CPA, PRM

Independent; University of Pennsylvania - School of Engineering & Applied Science; Bowling Green State University; Financial Engineering (MScFE) - December 2018; Certified Public Accountant (CPA) ; Professional Risk Manager (PRM); Certified Management Accountant (CMA) - Inactive; Certified SAS Base Programmer; Olabisi Onabanjo University; Yaba College of Technology

Ritabrata Bhattacharyya

WorldQuant University

Date Written: December 25, 2018

Abstract

This research project seeks to examine the relationship between momentum, stocks and options trading strategies. First, we examine a simple momentum trading strategy for stocks. These discussions are then extended and applied to options trading. Further, we explore how changes in economic conditions can cause trading performances to change from long-term averages and techniques that can be used to mitigate the impact of volatility and regime-shifts on trading performance.

Keywords: Momentum, Trading Strategies, Trend-Following, Options, Regime-Shift, Black-Scholes, VIX Index, Hidden Markov Model, Average True Range, Moving Averages, Straddle, Dynamic Hedging

Suggested Citation

Awoga, Oluwaseyi and Bhattacharyya, Ritabrata, Momentum, Market Regime and Stocks & Options Trading Strategies (December 25, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3306329 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3306329

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