Dr. Ed Conjura will be giving a talk entitled “Mathematical Modeling for the Purpose of Trading in the Commodity Futures Market” as part of the TCNJ School of Science’s Multi-Disciplinary Colloquium on Friday, September 14, from 11:30 am – 12:20 pm in SCP 101.
Abstract:
Hindsight is perhaps the most commonly talked about method of deciding whether someone should have bought or sold a particular investment. Expressions like “can you imagine if I had only bought 100 shares of Google when it was first offered” are common mantras of the aspiring investor. The purpose of this talk is to focus on insight rather than hindsight.
In this brief presentation an overview of the commodity futures market will be given. A brief history of technical vs. fundamental trading methods will be covered. Tools needed in order to do research into technical methods will be discussed. And; finally, an overview of a particular mathematical trading model will be given based on research done during summer of 2012 and ongoing work being done during fall 2012.