EUR/USD high frequency trading: investment performance
EUR/USD high frequency trading: investment performance

Summary/Abstract: The paper tackles the problem of currency as an attractive investment alternative. It aims to present the benefits of diversification into the FX assets by analyzing the performance of chosen intraday EUR/USD trading strategies and comparing it to the performance of more traditional investment assets. The study is based on 1-minute Bid and Ask EUR/USD rates. It covers the period 2004–2006. The performance is measured by the ratio of return to total risk. The study reveals the superiority of the FX investments performance as compared to the performance of stocks and bonds. This together with low correlation of EUR/USD returns with returns generated by bonds and stocks provides an evidence of benefits of diversification of traditional portfolio into FX market. Therefore the study calls for rebalancing of the investment portfolios to include more FX assets.

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