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Slow Momentum with Fast Reversion: A Trading Strategy Using Deep Learning and Changepoint Detection

To improve the response of momentum strategies to regime change, we introduce a novel approach, where we insert an online change-point detection (CPD) module into a Deep Momentum Network (DMN) pipeline, which uses an LSTM deep-learning architecture to simultaneously learn both trend estimation and position sizing. Our model is able to optimise the way in which it balances 1) a slow momentum strategy which exploits persisting trends, but does not overreact to localised price moves, and 2) a fast mean-reversion strategy regime by quickly flipping its position, then swapping it back again to exploit localised price moves.