The Effect of Fat Tails on Rules for Optimal Pairs Trading: Performance Implications of Regime Switching with Poisson Events

This study examines the impact that fat-tailed distributions of the spread residuals have on the optimal orders for pairs trading of stocks and cryptocurrencies. Using daily data from selected pairs, the spread dynamics has been modeled through a mean-reverting Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process and investi...

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Main Authors: Pablo García-Risueño, Eduardo Ortas, José M. Moneva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-06-01
Series:International Journal of Financial Studies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7072/13/2/96
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