In the previous lesson, we learned about risk management and hedging. In this lesson, we will learn more about the quantitative methods in risk management.
We will review some basic statistics topics, such as variance standard deviation as measures for dispersion, and learn how to apply them to the price data for our risk evaluations.
We will also learn about correlation, which basically explains how two variables are related, how two variables change together, and, if they are highly correlated, how they tend to move together.
Statistics can help traders evaluate and estimate price changes. Statistics could be used to summarize the data and also provide the accuracy of that summary. It can also be used to explore the relationship between parameters.
At the successful completion of this lesson, students should be able to:
This lesson will take us one week to complete. The following items will be due Sunday, 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.