Good Math Stuff to Know?

[scorinaldi]

In building strategies, It seems like the more Math expertise one has the better.

I know that some very successful traders / quants, like Jim Simons for example ( http://www.turtletrader.com/trader-simons.html ) are retired professors, or PhDs.

What kinds of topics work well with market study? I've heard Stochastics ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic_process ) Econometrics, and Probability Theory. Any other ideas? Any book recommendations here?

Thanks!

 

[Vince1]

<b>Were any of the areas you studied in mathematics applicable to developing trading systems?</b><br>
Certainly - statistics.<br>
(Jack Schwager & William Eckhardt in The New Market Wizards)<br>
For a brief intro see Katz & McCormick, The Encyclopedia of Trading Strategies, chap 4 Statistics.

 

[kut2k2]

Quote from scorinaldi:

In building strategies, It seems like the more Math expertise one has the better.

I know that some very successful traders / quants, like Jim Simons for example ( http://www.turtletrader.com/trader-simons.html ) are retired professors, or PhDs.

What kinds of topics work well with market study? I've heard Stochastics ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic_process ) Econometrics, and Probability Theory.

Any other ideas? Thanks!

Differential Calculus.