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Portfolio optimization using NumPy to calculate covariance


Type: Programming
Rating: 2 (easy-medium)
Description: Modeling a small QP problem to perform portfolio optimization using Python to calculate covariance matrix.
File(s): folioqp_py.mos
Data file(s): folioqp.dat, folioqphist.dat, folioqp_py.py, mosel_numpy.py


folioqp_py.mos
(!******************************************************
   Mosel Example Problems
   ======================

   file folioqp_py.mos
   ```````````````````
   Modeling a small QP problem 
   to perform portfolio optimization.
   -- 1. QP: minimize variance
      2. MIQP: limited number of assets --
   -- Using Python to calculate covariance matrix --
   
  (c) 2018 Fair Isaac Corporation
      author: S. Lannez, J. Müller, April 2018
*******************************************************!)

model "Portfolio optimization with QP/MIQP"
 uses "mmxprs", "mmnl"
 uses "python3"                      ! Use Python functions

 parameters
  MAXVAL = 0.3                       ! Max. investment per share
  MINAM = 0.5                        ! Min. investment into N.-American values
  MAXNUM = 4                         ! Max. number of different assets
  TARGET = 9.0                       ! Minimum target yield
 end-parameters

 declarations
  SHARES = 1..10                     ! Set of shares
  RISK: set of integer               ! Set of high-risk values among shares
  NA: set of integer                 ! Set of shares issued in N.-America
  DATES: set of string               ! Historical dates
  RET: array(SHARES) of real         ! Estimated return in investment
  VAR: array(SHARES,SHARES) of real  ! Variance/covariance matrix of
                                     ! estimated returns
  OPEN: array(SHARES,DATES) of real  ! Historical share value at market opening
  CLOSE: array(SHARES,DATES) of real ! Historical share value at market closing
 end-declarations

 initializations from "folioqp.dat"
  RISK RET NA
 end-initializations

! Load historical values to compute the covariance 
 initializations from "folioqphist.dat"
  OPEN CLOSE
 end-initializations

! **** Perform some statistics using Python ****

! Copy array to Python environment
 initialisations to PY_IO_GLOBAL_VAR
  SHARES as 'shares'
  DATES as 'dates'
  OPEN as 'open'
  CLOSE as 'close'
 end-initialisations
! Import functions from Python scripts
 pyrun('mosel_numpy.py')
 pyrun('folioqp_py.py')
! Print covariance of share value at market openings
 writeln("Covariances at market openings:")
 pyexec('covariance(open, shares, dates)')
! Calculate and retrieve covariance of mean value
 writeln("Covariances of mean value of openings and closings:")
 pyexec('var = covariance_of_mean(open, close, shares, dates)')
 initialisations from PY_IO_GLOBAL_VAR
  VAR as 'var'
 end-initialisations

 declarations
  frac: array(SHARES) of mpvar      ! Fraction of capital used per share
 end-declarations

! **** First problem: unlimited number of assets ****

! Objective: mean variance
 Variance:= sum(s,t in SHARES) VAR(s,t)*frac(s)*frac(t) 

! Minimum amount of North-American values
 sum(s in NA) frac(s) >= MINAM

! Spend all the capital
 sum(s in SHARES) frac(s) = 1
 
! Target yield
 sum(s in SHARES) RET(s)*frac(s) >=  TARGET

! Upper bounds on the investment per share
 forall(s in SHARES) frac(s) <= MAXVAL

! Solve the problem
 minimize(Variance)

! Solution printing
 writeln("With a target of ", TARGET, " minimum variance is ", getobjval)
 forall(s in SHARES) writeln(s, ": ", getsol(frac(s))*100, "%")  

! **** Second problem: limit total number of assets ****

 declarations
  buy: array(SHARES) of mpvar       ! 1 if asset is in portfolio, 0 otherwise
 end-declarations

! Limit the total number of assets
 sum(s in SHARES) buy(s) <= MAXNUM

 forall(s in SHARES) do
  buy(s) is_binary
  frac(s) <= buy(s)
 end-do

! Solve the problem
 minimize(Variance)
 writeln("With a target of ", TARGET," and at most ", MAXNUM,
          " assets,\n minimum variance is ", getobjval)
 forall(s in SHARES) writeln(s, ": ", getsol(frac(s))*100, "%") 

! Round integer values and resolve
 fixglobal(true)
 minimize(Variance)
 writeln("With all binary variables rounded to the nearest integer:")
 forall(s in SHARES) writeln(s, ": ", getsol(frac(s))*100, "%") 
 
end-model