A universal end-to-end approach to portfolio optimization via deep learning

C Zhang, Z Zhang, M Cucuringu, S Zohren - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2021 - arxiv.org
We propose a universal end-to-end framework for portfolio optimization where asset
distributions are directly obtained. The designed framework circumvents the traditional …

Slow momentum with fast reversion: A trading strategy using deep learning and changepoint detection

K Wood, S Roberts, S Zohren - arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.13727, 2021 - arxiv.org
Momentum strategies are an important part of alternative investments and are at the heart of
commodity trading advisors (CTAs). These strategies have, however, been found to have …

Spatio-temporal momentum: Jointly learning time-series and cross-sectional strategies

WL Tan, S Roberts, S Zohren - arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.10175, 2023 - arxiv.org
We introduce Spatio-Temporal Momentum strategies, a class of models that unify both time-
series and cross-sectional momentum strategies by trading assets based on their cross …

Deep Inception Networks: A General End-to-End Framework for Multi-asset Quantitative Strategies

T Liu, S Roberts, S Zohren - arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.05522, 2023 - arxiv.org
We introduce Deep Inception Networks (DINs), a family of Deep Learning models that
provide a general framework for end-to-end systematic trading strategies. DINs extract time …

Realised volatility forecasting: Machine learning via financial word embedding

E Rahimikia, S Zohren, SH Poon - arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.00480, 2021 - arxiv.org
This study develops FinText, a financial word embedding compiled from 15 years of
business news archives. The results show that FinText produces substantially more accurate …

Transfer ranking in finance: applications to cross-sectional momentum with data scarcity

D Poh, S Roberts, S Zohren - arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.09968, 2022 - arxiv.org
Cross-sectional strategies are a classical and popular trading style, with recent high
performing variants incorporating sophisticated neural architectures. While these strategies …

Network Momentum across Asset Classes

S Roberts, X Dong, S Zohren - arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.11294, 2023 - arxiv.org
We investigate the concept of network momentum, a novel trading signal derived from
momentum spillover across assets. Initially observed within the confines of pairwise …

Multi-Factor Inception: What to Do with All of These Features?

T Liu, S Zohren - arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.13832, 2023 - arxiv.org
Cryptocurrency trading represents a nascent field of research, with growing adoption in
industry. Aided by its decentralised nature, many metrics describing cryptocurrencies are …

SABER: Stochastic-Aware Bootstrap Ensemble Ranking for portfolio management

E Kouloumpris, K Moutsianas, I Vlahavas - Expert Systems with …, 2024 - Elsevier
Portfolio management (PM) is a central subject of finance that presents many unresolved
challenges. Although solutions have been proposed since the 1950's, recent advances in …

Enhancing cross-sectional currency strategies by context-aware learning to rank with self-attention

D Poh, B Lim, S Zohren, S Roberts - arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.10019, 2021 - arxiv.org
The performance of a cross-sectional currency strategy depends crucially on accurately
ranking instruments prior to portfolio construction. While this ranking step is traditionally …