Practical Implementation of the Kelly Criterion: Optimal Growth Rate, Number of Trades, and Rebalancing Frequency for Equity Portfolios

We develop a general framework to apply the Kelly criterion to the stock market data, and consequently, to portfolio optimization. Under few conditions, using Monte Carlo simulations with different scenarios we prove that the Kelly criterion beats any other approach in many aspects. In particular, i...

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Main Authors: Andrea Carta, Claudio Conversano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fams.2020.577050/full