- The report discusses the application of stock pair trading ideas in factor strategies, specifically focusing on reversal factors which have historically shown strong performance[1] - Traditional reversal factors include "N-month price reversal," "highest price length," and "volume ratio," which capture the trend that stocks with low past returns tend to perform better in the future and vice versa[1][2] - The report introduces a pair reversal factor that captures reversal opportunities between individual stocks within the same industry, differing from traditional pair trading by using periodic closing instead of stop-loss conditions[2][3] - The pair reversal factor is tested using a hedging strategy with a monthly rebalancing frequency, using the CSI 800 index constituents as the stock pool, and achieving an annualized excess return of 8% from 2007 to 2016[3][4] - The pair reversal factor is also applied to enhance multi-factor portfolios with weekly rebalancing, showing improved returns even after considering transaction costs, with a benchmark multi-factor portfolio return of 424.40% and a pair rebalancing portfolio return of 501.59% during the sample period from 2007 to 2016[4][5] Quantitative Models and Construction Methods 1. **Model Name**: Pair Reversal Factor - **Construction Idea**: Capture reversal opportunities between individual stocks within the same industry, similar to pair trading but with periodic closing instead of stop-loss conditions[2][3] - **Construction Process**: 1. Perform cointegration regression on the log prices of two assets to check for cointegration relationship[43][44] 2. Calculate the spread and standard deviation of the spread during the learning period[45][46] 3. Use the spread and standard deviation to determine the opening threshold and execute trades accordingly[46][49] 4. Rebalance the portfolio monthly by closing all positions and reopening new ones based on the updated spread and standard deviation[51][53] - **Evaluation**: The pair reversal factor effectively captures stock price reversals and mean reversion of price spreads, providing significant excess returns at the individual stock level[69] Model Backtest Results 1. **Pair Reversal Factor**: - **Annualized Return**: 31.17% (2007), 50.85% (2008), 51.19% (2009), 21.39% (2010), 14.26% (2011), 14.75% (2012), 25.75% (2013), 9.10% (2014), 59.01% (2015), 17.05% (2016), 1246.06% (full sample)[63] - **Maximum Drawdown**: 4.44% (2007), 4.62% (2008), 4.61% (2009), 2.97% (2010), 2.64% (2011), 2.23% (2012), 2.57% (2013), 4.99% (2014), 5.48% (2015), 4.07% (2016), 5.48% (full sample)[63] - **Win Rate**: 58.38% (2007), 60.57% (2008), 59.02% (2009), 58.26% (2010), 58.20% (2011), 59.66% (2012), 59.66% (2013), 51.02% (2014), 59.84% (2015), 59.43% (2016), 58.27% (full sample)[63] Quantitative Factors and Construction Methods 1. **Factor Name**: N-month Price Reversal - **Construction Idea**: Measure the price change over a fixed time window to capture the reversal effect[30][33] - **Construction Process**: 1. Calculate the price change over the past N months: $(\text{Current Price} - \text{Price N months ago}) / \text{Price N months ago}$[33] - **Evaluation**: Reversal factors have shown strong performance in historical studies, with high IC values and good performance in various metrics such as LS return, LS win rate, LS IR, IC IR, and IC P[33][35] Factor Backtest Results 1. **N-month Price Reversal**: - **IC**: -5.72% (1-month), -4.75% (3-month), -4.10% (6-month), -3.55% (12-month)[35] - **LS Return**: 21.84% (1-month), 20.33% (3-month), 18.13% (6-month), 17.66% (12-month)[35] - **LS Win Rate**: 64.41% (1-month), 59.32% (3-month), 56.78% (6-month), 61.02% (12-month)[35] - **LS IR**: 0.99 (1-month), 0.81 (3-month), 0.77 (6-month), 0.83 (12-month)[35] - **IC IR**: 0.72 (1-month), 0.92 (3-month), 0.78 (6-month), 0.83 (12-month)[35] - **IC P**: 0.0% (1-month), 0.2% (3-month), 0.5% (6-month), 1.1% (12-month)[35]