Quote from newwurldmn:
-1*Sum(Beta*quantity*price)/priceSPY
Please don't take offense to this question, but how do you build a presumably sophisticated long short system and not understand beta?
absolutely good question. I have self taught myself everything i know and i admit there are things im ignorant too, but im never afraid to ask or learn new things. Infact in asking is how ive learnt, now i before i posted this question i really never had a clue how to hedge, but through asking i now have new knowledge, and basically this is how ive got to this point today and also through first hand trading experience.
I knew a little about beta through and the scoring of each stock correlation and volatility.