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Publication type:	Contribution to magazine or newspaper
Title:	A statistical analysis of carry trading
Authors:	Fritzmann, Siro Jaggi, David Osterrieder, Jörg
DOI:	10.2139/ssrn.2993902
Published in:	International Finance eJournal
Issue Date:	2017
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Social Science Research Network
Language:	English
Subjects:	Exchange rate; Carry; Trading; Currency
Subject (DDC):	337: International economics and commerce 510: Mathematics
Abstract:	Carry trading is one of the most popular currency trading strategies. The aim of this paper is to apply and analyze the approach described in Baz et al. (2015) by utilizing the G10 currency cross rates and the 3-month Libor rates. The carry trading strategy is well documented and widely used by several types of market participants. In a first step, the strategy is tested with generated data based on the CHF/USD currency pair and the carry signal is being analyzed. In a second step, the strategy was applied to a basket of 45 currency pairs consisting of all the possible combinations between the G10 currencies. The outcome shows that carry trading can be protable if traded under the right market conditions, which are stable interest rates and an appreciation of the traded currency cross rate. The Deutsche Bank Currency Harvest Index, which is a similar implementation of a carry trading strategy outbids the approach by Baz et al. (2015) for the analyzed time period.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/16860
Fulltext version:	Published version
License (according to publishing contract):	Licence according to publishing contract
Departement:	School of Engineering
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Data Analysis and Process Design (IDP)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen School of Engineering

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