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Algorithmic Short Selling with Python - Second Edition
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This chapter showed that disciplined exposure management, rather than prediction, is the foundation of durable performance. The central idea is simple: "risk management is the business; positions are merely the instruments".
We learned that risk is multi‑dimensional and must be managed explicitly across four axes: liquidity, correlation, volatility, and performance. To manage these risks, the chapter formalized four essential levers: gross exposure, net exposure, net beta, and concentration.
We saw why gross exposure is the primary accelerator and brake of a long/short portfolio. It directly affects liquidity, volatility, and drawdowns. Left-skewed strategies are especially vulnerable to excessive leverage, while deleveraging under stress is often disorderly and destructive. Net exposure is the headline directionality, while net Beta adjusts for market sensitivity.
The chapter's centerpiece is the Dynamic Risk Appetite function. This drawdown...
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