An Application of the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Process to Pairs Trading
An Application of the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck Process to Pairs Trading ArXiv ID: 2412.12458 “View on arXiv” Authors: Unknown Abstract We conduct a preliminary analysis of a pairs trading strategy using the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck (OU) process to model stock price spreads. We compare this approach to a naive pairs trading strategy that uses a rolling window to calculate mean and standard deviation parameters. Our findings suggest that the OU model captures signals and trends effectively but underperforms the naive model on a risk-return basis, likely due to non-stationary pairs and parameter tuning limitations. ...