Eiten

Web and SaaS

portfolio optimization

SHOW HN2020

201points
48comments
#276of 3,028 in 2020
Top 10%of 2020 by points

How HN took it

LovedMost comments that take a side are positive

4 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score +0.19.

Execution: 1 for, 0 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Useful tool for merging finance and data science

    From 2 comments
    • I’ll give it my second biggest big compliment: I’ve wanted to do something like this for years. (My biggest compliment is: why didn’t I think of that?) Anyway, do you have a…
      omarhaneef on HN
    • Very cool, thanks for sharing. Currently sitting in the early drawing board stage of a potential portfolio tool for a small pool of asset managers in my north-European country,…
      codebolt on HN
  • Easy to use with a single command

    From 1 comment
    • I would say this is a subset of the above repo but with one major difference. All you need is a single command to use Eiten while for most of the other repos, they require a user…
      hydershykh on HN

Objections

  • Ignores trading costs and dividends in backtests

    From 2 comments
    • Trading costs are not included during the back test. Since the portfolios are buy and hold, there won't be a lot of trades. Therefore, it seemed like a reasonable assumption to…
      hydershykh on HN
    • It does not.
      hydershykh on HN
  • Weights confusing, including negative and above one values

    From 1 comment
    • Hi, very interesting tool. Thanks for sharing. While playing with it, I see some weights that are confusing. In some portfolios I see weights that are > 1 as well as some that…
      daddypro on HN

Requests

  • Add sustainability (ESG) factors to the fitness function

    From 1 comment
    • Is it possible to factor (e.g. GRI) sustainability criteria into the portfolio fitness function? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21922558 My concern is that - like any other…
      westurner on HN
  • Support custom datasets and factor investing

    From 2 comments
    • yes, since the code is pretty modular. All the changes that one needs to make are in the data_manager.py file. There is a single function that loads the stocks data which can…
      hydershykh on HN
    • Does the code have any factor investing features at all right now? I was just reading about alpha lens, another project focused on performance attribution of factors. To avoid…
      iav on HN
  • Include taxes and reinvested dividends

    From 2 comments
    • In addition to trading fees, it would be good to track taxable events, (dividends and capital gains) and let the user specify tax rates on these.
      schemescape on HN
    • Are dividends at least included in the calculated return (even if not reinvested)? If not, how does that impact the example portfolios’ outperformance?
      schemescape on HN

Questions

  • How it differs from PyPortfolioOpt

    From 1 comment
    • I'm curious how it differs from PyPortfolioOpt. https://github.com/robertmartin8/PyPortfolioOpt
      scribu on HN
  • Whether it works for ETFs

    From 1 comment
  • How to understand the tool before investing

    From 2 comments
    • I am in the same camp. Can anyone more knowledgeable give us some advice on how to approach this? I am currently learning investing/trading, but not certain about how to use…
      d1lanka on HN
    • I understand none of these concepts. If you're like me, make sure you take the time to learn these things before you trust any tool to help you invest. This is not to say I…
      xupybd on HN

Alternatives named

  • PyPortfolioOpt

    From 1 comment
    • I'm curious how it differs from PyPortfolioOpt. https://github.com/robertmartin8/PyPortfolioOpt
      scribu on HN
  • alphalens

    From 1 comment
    • Does the code have any factor investing features at all right now? I was just reading about alpha lens, another project focused on performance attribution of factors. To avoid…
      iav on HN
  • pyfolio

    From 1 comment
    • (Sustainable) Index ETFs in the stocks.txt universe would likely be less sensitive to single performers' effects in unbalanced portfolios. >…
      westurner on HN

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