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  1. 010Stocks in the top decile of earnings surprise drift 1.8% over the next 20 days, with 30 bps round-trip cost and 120 events a year. Compute expected annual P&L at Rs 2 crore per event and discuss the risk that the drift has decayed.Statistical arbitrage and event tradesCoreSystematic hedge fundsQuant research
  2. 021Two bank stocks have 0.92 daily return correlation but their price ratio drifted from 1.0 to 1.6 over three years; a second pair has 0.55 correlation but a stationary spread with an ADF p-value of 0.01. Which pair do you trade?Statistical arbitrage and event tradesHardSystematic hedge fundsQuant research
  3. 035An ETF trades at Rs 101.2 while its indicative NAV is Rs 100.0. A creation unit is 50,000 units, creating costs 0.3% and trading the basket costs 0.2%. Is creation arbitrage profitable, and what closes the premium?Statistical arbitrage and event tradesWarm upSystematic hedge fundsExecution and microstructure
  4. 046The near-month index future is at 22,150 and the next month at 22,280, 28 days apart, with funding at 6.8% and a dividend yield of 1.2%. Is the calendar roll rich or cheap, and what does the roll trader do?Statistical arbitrage and event tradesHardSystematic hedge fundsQuant trading
  5. 061An acquirer offers Rs 400 cash per share for a target trading at Rs 370. If the deal breaks the target falls to Rs 300, and closing is six months away. What completion probability does the price imply, what is the annualised return if it closes, and how does the trade change if the offer is 0.8 acquirer shares instead?Statistical arbitrage and event tradesCoreAQR Capital ManagementGreenwich · 2021
  6. 072A stock will join a benchmark tracked by Rs 20,000 crore of passive money at a 0.8% weight, and it trades Rs 60 crore a day. Estimate the passive demand in days of volume and the likely price pressure around the effective date.Statistical arbitrage and event tradesWarm upSystematic hedge fundsExecution and microstructure
  7. 082Kovidam Steel trades at Rs 1,000 and its 30-day future at Rs 1,012. Funding costs 7% a year and no dividend is due. What is the fair futures price, what is the arbitrage, and what does it earn a year?Statistical arbitrage and event tradesWarm upSystematic hedge fundsQuant trading
  8. 093Analyse a pairs trade in Varnika Paints and Chitrangi Coatings: hedge ratio 1.2, spread z-score 2.3, half-life 12 days, spread standard deviation Rs 8. What are the expected profit, the holding time and a stop level, and what would break the relationship?Statistical arbitrage and event tradesCoreSchonfeldNew York · 2021

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