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Axioma Equity Factor Risk Model: Trading Horizon

Version 5.1

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Unlock precision risk insights for trading desks and quant strategies

The Axioma Equity Factor Risk Models: Trading Horizon delivers precise portfolio risk exposures and forecasts for ultra-short investment horizons when the markets move abruptly and sharply change direction.  

Available in two variants:

US Trading Horizon (US5.1-TH)

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Worldwide Trading Horizon (WW5.1-TH)

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Why Trading Horizon Models?

Get daily insights

Capture the day-to-day changes in risk of the trading book and other portfolios with short investment horizons

Manage high-frequency strategies 

Accurately capture risk/return trade-offs for fast moving alpha signals and high turnover strategies

Rebalance with confidence

Understand the trade-off between risk and market impact/slippage and improve portfolio implementation and execution

Understand risk drivers

Get insights into the event-driven risk stemming from earnings announcements, short-squeezes and other infrequent events

Who is the Trading Model for?

New factors in Version 5.1 vs previous version (4.0)  

  • Short Interest: Risk and return impact based on how heavily a stock is shorted 
  • Opinion Divergence: Measures lack of consensus among investors based on unusual trading volume
  • Downside Risk: Captures negative or uncompensated risk including downside volatility and recent maximum returns
  • Investment: Measures asset growth, sales growth, and inventory growth  
  • Non-linear Residual Structure: Finds higher-order explanatory factors in residual returns to capture hidden risk exposures 

Worldwide vs US Trading Model (v5.1)  

Worldwide Trading Model US Trading Model
Non-linear Residual Structure (DMxUS)

Non-linear Residual Structure (EM)
One-day Reversal: Captures Ultra-short-term mean reversion effects

Crowding: Identifies concentrated institutional ownership risks

Midcap: Captures mid-capitalization stock characteristics

 

 

The Trading Model offers faster reaction to and faster retreat from market disruptions

Global Financial Crisis: Total Predicted Risk

Global Financial Crisis: Total Predicted Risk

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