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Utilising MATLAB in the development of an automated FX trading system

April 2021 in Viewpoints

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) manages pension and health benefits for approximately 1.5 million California public employees, retirees, and their families. Over the past five years, the CalPERS $356 billion investment portfolio has achieved an annual rate of return of 14.3%.

CalPERS financial managers are exploring the potential for generating profit in currency markets using high-frequency intraday trading, an emerging practice recently made possible by the availability of historical data, electronic trading platforms, and computing tools. CalPERS uses MATLAB® to analyze historical currency market data and better understand market dynamics such as volume, volatility, and market direction. “By quantifying market dynamics and modeling market behavior, we can identify some very interesting opportunities,” says Omid Rezania, Investment Officer at CalPERS. “We use CalPERS financial managers are exploring the potential for generating profit in currency markets using high-frequency intraday trading, an emerging practice recently made possible by the availability of historical data, electronic trading platforms, and computing tools. CalPERS uses MATLAB® to analyze historical currency market data and better understand market dynamics such as volume, volatility, and market direction. “By quantifying market dynamics and modeling market behavior, we can identify some very interesting opportunities,” says Omid Rezania, Investment Officer at CalPERS. “We use

CalPERS financial managers are exploring the potential for generating profit in currency markets using high-frequency intraday trading, an emerging practice recently made possible by the availability of historical data, electronic trading platforms, and computing tools. CalPERS uses MATLAB® to analyze historical currency market data and better understand market dynamics such as volume, volatility, and market direction. “By quantifying market dynamics and modeling market behavior, we can identify some very interesting opportunities,” says Omid Rezania, Investment Officer at CalPERS. “We use

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