Optimal execution of portfolio transactions

Robert Almgren, Neil Chriss · 2001 · The Journal of Risk
IntermediateIntradayLFTTheory
The mean-variance trade-off between impact cost and timing risk gives an efficient frontier of execution schedules. The model behind most implementation-shortfall algos.

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Level
Intermediate: Comfortable with statistics, regressions and basic probability models
Horizon
Intraday, LFT
Data needed
None to read it; no dataset required Set what data you have
Themes
ExecutionPrice impact
Assets
Equities
Market
Global

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