v1.0.0 to v1.0.0
15 added, 5 removed. Audit A to A.
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name: cross-strategy-correlation-monitoring
- description: >-
- Quantitative multi-strategy risk management engine for monitoring rolling PnL correlations across strategy pods, detecting diversification breakdown, and computing Diversification Ratios.
+ description: Quantitative multi-strategy risk management engine for monitoring rolling
+ PnL correlations across strategy pods, detecting diversification breakdown, and
+ computing Diversification Ratios.
domain: Multi-Strategy & Portfolio Risk
subdomain: Cross-Strategy Correlation
- tags: ["multi-strategy", "cross-strategy", "pnl-correlation", "diversification-ratio", "pod-risk", "correlation-breach"]
- brokers_frameworks: ["NumPy", "Pandas", "SciPy"]
- version: "1.0.0"
+ tags:
+ - multi-strategy
+ - cross-strategy
+ - pnl-correlation
+ - diversification-ratio
+ - pod-risk
+ - correlation-breach
+ brokers_frameworks:
+ - NumPy
+ - Pandas
+ - SciPy
+ version: 1.0.0
author: algo-trading-skills-contributors
license: Apache-2.0
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## When to Use
Use this skill in multi-strategy hedge fund platforms or multi-pod quantitative trading architectures to monitor rolling PnL correlations across active strategies (e.g., Statistical Arbitrage, Trend Following, Options Volatility, Alt-Data Equity). Sub-strategy pods that appear independent during normal markets often converge during market stress, exhibiting high PnL correlation ($\rho \ge 0.70$). This module calculates pairwise PnL correlation matrices, computes the Portfolio Diversification Ratio ($DR = \frac{\sum w_i \sigma_i}{\sigma_{\text{portfolio}}}$), and flags strategy redundancies.
## Prerequisites
- Synchronized daily or hourly PnL return series for all active sub-strategies ($S_1, S_2, \dots, S_M$).
- Strategy capital allocation weights ($w_i$).
## Workflow
1. **PnL Return Ingestion**: Ingest PnL return matrix $R_{N, M}$ ($N$ timestamps, $M$ strategies).
2. **Rolling Correlation Matrix Computation**:
- Compute pairwise Pearson correlation matrix $C_{\text{pnl}}$ over rolling window $W$.
3. **Correlation Pairway Breach Audit**:
- Identify pairs with $\rho_{i,j} \ge 0.70$ (`HIGH_CORRELATION`).
- Identify pairs with $\rho_{i,j} \ge 0.85$ (`REDUNDANT_POD`).
4. **Diversification Ratio (DR) Calculation**:
- $DR = \frac{\sum_{i=1}^M w_i \sigma_i}{\sqrt{w^T \Sigma w}}$.
- $DR = 1.0 \implies$ Zero diversification benefit.
5. **Capital Re-Allocation Alert**: Recommend downsizing allocated capital for highly correlated pods.
> Full procedure: see `references/workflows.md`.
> Standards reference: see `references/standards.md`.
> Printable pre-flight checklist: see `assets/checklist.md`.
## Common Pitfalls
- **Relying on Static Historical PnL Correlations**: Using 3-year static PnL correlations that hide real-time correlation spikes during market sell-offs.
- **Ignoring Equal-Weighted Capital Fallacies**: Assuming equal capital allocations guarantee zero PnL correlation across pods.
- **Neglecting Un-hedged Factor Contamination**: Failing to strip market beta or factor exposures before computing strategy PnL correlations.
## Verification
- Instantiate `CrossStrategyCorrelationMonitor`. Input 60 days of PnL returns for 3 sub-strategy pods (`StatArb`, `TrendFollow`, `OptionsArb`). Set `StatArb` and `TrendFollow` returns with high correlation ($\rho = 0.82$). Verify monitor flags a `HIGH_CORRELATION` breach and calculates Diversification Ratio.
- Run `python scripts/test_cross_strategy_correlation_monitoring.py`.
## Related Skills
- `capital-reallocation-based-on-live-performance`
- `strategy-correlation-matrix-live-recomputation`
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