I know it has been asked before, but has anyone had first-hand experience with pairs trading? I've just become interested in this style, and figure this slow summer is the perfect time to look into it.
I have heard quite a bit of talk about pair trading lately. Trying to find out some more information. Here is a site that might be of some interest to you but I couldn't find a heck of a lot of information. http://www.market-topology.com Here are a couple of decent "pair trading" ideas that were on that site though:
that's interesting...how bad of a hit did they take??? i imagine a few were on the long side as well and made a bundle. live by the sword, die by the sword.