Quote from alphastocks:
I realize the shorts have stunk, but I am only in the second month of posting them.
I have experimented with using the SPY as a dollar neutral hedge and forgetting about shorting individual stocks altogether. This would reduce much of the theoretical risk associated with shorting while still minimizing market risk.
I trade your strategy with the SPY as an offset.Judging by your portfolio,I would guess your beta is apx 1.2-1.4,but it will explode to 2 on the downside.
If you can post 15%-20% and most important be in scalable names,you should b able to attract capital
For trading currencies with small maxdd, 15% would be excellent, imo.
Agree 100%. I traded at one of the most successful market neutral hedge funds,and 15% with a Sharpe over 2 would be considered highly successful
