Derivatives and Quantitative Strategist

Gaudenz Schneider

Equity Bottom-Up

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Context: The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yancoal-australia-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4145:1" rel="noopener">Yancoal Australia (YAL AU)</a> vs. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/woodside-energy-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13190:1" rel="noopener">Woodside Energy (WDS AU)</a> price ratio has deviated more than two standard deviations from its one-year average, presenting a potential relative value opportunity.</li>
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Highlights: Going long Yancoal Australia (YAL AU) and short Woodside Energy (WDS AU) targets a 6% return.</li>
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Why Read: Essential for quantitative traders seeking mean-reversion opportunities, with detailed execution framework, risk management protocols, and historical simulation showing the statistical basis for this relative value play.</li>
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Context: The Yancoal Australia (YAL AU) vs. Woodside Energy (WDS AU) price ratio has deviated more than two standard deviations from its one-year average, presenting a potential relative value opportunity.

Highlights: Going long Yancoal Australia (YAL AU) and short Woodside Energy (WDS AU) targets a 6% return.

Why Read: Essential for quantitative traders seeking mean-reversion opportunities, with detailed execution framework, risk management protocols, and historical simulation showing the statistical basis for this relative value play.


Long Yancoal (YAL AU) Vs. Short Woodside (WDS AU): Proven Pair Trade Back in Play, Targeting 6%

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Context: The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yancoal-australia-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4145:1" rel="noopener">Yancoal Australia (YAL AU)</a> vs. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/woodside-energy-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13190:1" rel="noopener">Woodside Energy Group (WDS AU)</a> price ratio has deviated more than two standard deviations from its one-year average, presenting a potential relative value opportunity.</li>
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Highlights: Going long Yancoal Australia (YAL AU) and short Woodside Energy Group (WDS AU) targets a 7% return.</li>
<li>
Why Read: Essential for quantitative traders seeking mean-reversion opportunities, with detailed execution framework, risk management protocols, and historical simulation showing the statistical basis for this relative value play.</li>
</ul>



Context: The Yancoal Australia (YAL AU) vs. Woodside Energy Group (WDS AU) price ratio has deviated more than two standard deviations from its one-year average, presenting a potential relative value opportunity.

Highlights: Going long Yancoal Australia (YAL AU) and short Woodside Energy Group (WDS AU) targets a 7% return.

Why Read: Essential for quantitative traders seeking mean-reversion opportunities, with detailed execution framework, risk management protocols, and historical simulation showing the statistical basis for this relative value play.


Yancoal (YAL AU) Vs. Woodside (WDS AU): Statistical Arb Opportunity in Aussie Energy

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Context: The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/woodside-energy-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13190:1" rel="noopener">Woodside (WDS AU)</a> vs. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yancoal-australia-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4145:1" rel="noopener">Yancoal (YAL AU)</a> price-ratio has deviated more than two standard deviations from its one-year average, presenting a potential relative value opportunity.</li>
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Highlights: With Yancoal experiencing a sharp price drop after reporting earnings last week, the historically well-aligned price ratio has spiked, generating a trading signal.</li>
<li>
Why Read: Essential for quantitative traders seeking mean-reversion opportunities, with detailed execution framework, risk management protocols, and historical simulation showing the statistical basis for this relative value play.</li>
</ul>



Context: The Woodside (WDS AU) vs. Yancoal (YAL AU) price-ratio has deviated more than two standard deviations from its one-year average, presenting a potential relative value opportunity.

Highlights: With Yancoal experiencing a sharp price drop after reporting earnings last week, the historically well-aligned price ratio has spiked, generating a trading signal.

Why Read: Essential for quantitative traders seeking mean-reversion opportunities, with detailed execution framework, risk management protocols, and historical simulation showing the statistical basis for this relative value play.


Woodside (WDS AU) Vs. Yancoal (YAL AU): Spread Deviation Sparks Trading Signal

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Context: This Insight follows up on previously highlighted relative value opportunities, using a statistical methodology based on mean-reversion to identify opportunities in paired securities.</li>
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Highlight: Currently eight pair trade opportunities across three markets and four sectors persist.</li>
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Why read: Statistical analysis offers a unique perspective on relative value. Gain insights into actionable statistical pair trade opportunities and monitor performance of previously highlighted pairs. </li>
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Context: This Insight follows up on previously highlighted relative value opportunities, using a statistical methodology based on mean-reversion to identify opportunities in paired securities.

Highlight: Currently eight pair trade opportunities across three markets and four sectors persist.

Why read: Statistical analysis offers a unique perspective on relative value. Gain insights into actionable statistical pair trade opportunities and monitor performance of previously highlighted pairs. 


Relative Value Opportunities in Asia-Pac, Pair Trade Roundup (25 Aug)

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of ASX Stocks as of Dec 5th (reported today). The aggregated short interest was USD28.4bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Aristocrat Leisure, ALS, JB Hi-Fi, WiseTech Global, Woolworths.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of ASX Stocks as of Dec 5th (reported today). The aggregated short interest was USD28.4bn.
We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Aristocrat Leisure, ALS, JB Hi-Fi, WiseTech Global, Woolworths.


ASX Short Interest Weekly (Dec 5th): Aristocrat Leisure, ALS, JB Hi-Fi, WiseTech Global, Woolworths

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Yancoal Australia Ltd. provides mining services. The Company mines, sells, exports, and markets clean and coking coal. Yancoal operates internationally.

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Yancoal Australia (YAL AU)

Long Yancoal (YAL AU) Vs. Short Woodside (WDS AU): Proven Pair Trade Back in Play, Targeting 6%

Potential statistical arbitrage opportunity with a 6% return by going long YAL AU and short WDS AU. Essential for quantitative traders seeking mean...

Gaudenz Schneider

Yancoal (YAL AU) Vs. Woodside (WDS AU): Statistical Arb Opportunity in Aussie Energy

Long Yancoal Australia vs. Short Woodside Energy Group presents a potential 7% return opportunity for quantitative traders seeking mean-reversion...

Gaudenz Schneider

Woodside (WDS AU) Vs. Yancoal (YAL AU): Spread Deviation Sparks Trading Signal

Yancoal’s post-earnings drop sends the Woodside vs. Yancoal price ratio sharply higher, triggering a mean-reversion trading signal after a period...

Gaudenz Schneider

Relative Value Opportunities in Asia-Pac, Pair Trade Roundup (25 Aug)

Quantitative analysis identifies eight pair trade opportunities across three markets and four sectors, offering unique insights into relative value.

Gaudenz Schneider

ASX Short Interest Weekly (Dec 5th): Aristocrat Leisure, ALS, JB Hi-Fi, WiseTech Global, Woolworths

We analyzed ASX short interest report for the past week and highlight short interest changes in Aristocrat Leisure, ALS, JB Hi-Fi, WiseTech Global,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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Long Yancoal (YAL AU) Vs. Short Woodside (WDS AU): Proven Pair Trade Back in Play, Targeting 6%

Potential statistical arbitrage opportunity with a 6% return by going long YAL AU and short WDS AU. Essential for quantitative traders seeking mean...

Gaudenz Schneider

Yancoal (YAL AU) Vs. Woodside (WDS AU): Statistical Arb Opportunity in Aussie Energy

​Long Yancoal Australia vs. Short Woodside Energy Group presents a potential 7% return opportunity for quantitative traders seeking mean-reversion...

Gaudenz Schneider

Woodside (WDS AU) Vs. Yancoal (YAL AU): Spread Deviation Sparks Trading Signal

Yancoal’s post-earnings drop sends the Woodside vs. Yancoal price ratio sharply higher, triggering a mean-reversion trading signal after a period...

Gaudenz Schneider

Relative Value Opportunities in Asia-Pac, Pair Trade Roundup (25 Aug)

​Quantitative analysis identifies eight pair trade opportunities across three markets and four sectors, offering unique insights into relative value.

Gaudenz Schneider

ASX Short Interest Weekly (Dec 5th): Aristocrat Leisure, ALS, JB Hi-Fi, WiseTech Global, Woolworths

We analyzed ASX short interest report for the past week and highlight short interest changes in Aristocrat Leisure, ALS, JB Hi-Fi, WiseTech Global,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Long Yancoal Australia vs. Short Woodside Energy Group presents a potential 7% return opportunity for quantitative traders seeking mean-reversion...

Quantitative analysis identifies eight pair trade opportunities across three markets and four sectors, offering unique insights into relative value.