Autonomous Fund Management Algorithm for Portfolio Optimization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional portfolio management is costly, requires substantial human intervention, and involves speculative strategies, leading to high management fees and legal scrutiny, while existing automated systems fail to outperform market indexes effectively.

Innovation Solution

An autonomous fund management system that uses computer-based algorithms and safety nets to select and trade securities based on industry sectors, leveraging short-term price anomalies without human intervention, allowing for automated trading and minimizing costs.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If traditional portfolio management with human intervention is used, then financial analysis and predictions can be performed, but management costs and fees are high

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvefinancial analysis accuracyVSAvoidmanagement costs
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the mechanical system of human fund managers performing financial analysis with an automated computer-based algorithmic system. The computer system automatically selects securities, monitors price movements, and executes trades based on predefined criteria, eliminating the need for human intervention in daily portfolio management while maintaining analytical capabilities through automated data processing and decision-making algorithms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The automated system enables the portfolio to manage itself without external human intervention. The computer algorithm continuously monitors market conditions, automatically rebalances the portfolio by buying and selling securities based on price movements and predefined thresholds, and adjusts positions autonomously. This self-service mechanism eliminates dependency on human fund managers for routine portfolio adjustments while controlling management costs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Productivity

If human fund managers perform portfolio management, then speculative investment strategies can be employed, but legal scrutiny and risks increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveportfolio performanceVSAvoidlegal scrutiny
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces human fund managers with an automated computer-based system that executes investment decisions based on objective algorithmic criteria rather than human judgment. This substitution eliminates the legal and ethical issues associated with human speculative strategies and insider trading, as the computer system operates transparently according to predefined rules and cannot engage in unethical behaviors.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the fundamental parameter of decision-making from human subjective judgment to objective algorithmic processing. By transforming investment decisions into automated calculations based on price movements, volume data, and predefined thresholds, the system eliminates the legal scrutiny associated with human speculative strategies while maintaining productivity through systematic, rule-based portfolio management.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Reliability

If traditional portfolio management is used, then human expertise can guide trading decisions, but substantial human intervention is required

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetrading decision qualityVSAvoidhuman intervention level
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSExtent of automation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the mechanical process of human trading decision-making with an automated computer-based system. The computer algorithm continuously monitors market data, evaluates securities based on predefined criteria, and automatically executes trades without human intervention. This substitution maintains reliability by systematically applying consistent decision rules while achieving full automation in portfolio management operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The portfolio management system operates autonomously without requiring human intervention for trading decisions. The computer algorithm self-manages the portfolio by automatically selecting securities to buy or sell based on price movements, volume changes, and predefined thresholds. This self-service capability eliminates the need for human fund managers to continuously monitor and adjust portfolio positions while maintaining reliable, consistent decision-making through algorithmic processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

4Loss of energy

If automated trading systems are used, then costs are reduced, but existing systems fail to outperform market indexes

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemanagement feesVSAvoidoutperformance capability
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of energyVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the portfolio into multiple independent pools of securities, each managed according to specific criteria. By dividing the portfolio into distinct segments (pools) that can be independently adjusted based on market conditions, the system achieves more granular control over portfolio composition. This segmentation enables the automated system to outperform market indexes by strategically allocating capital across different security pools while maintaining low management costs through algorithmic efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements dynamic portfolio adjustment by continuously monitoring price movements and automatically rebalancing security pools based on predefined thresholds. Rather than static allocation, the automated system dynamically shifts capital between securities and pools in response to real-time market conditions, enabling outperformance of market indexes while keeping management fees low through systematic, rule-based adjustments executed by the computer algorithm.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS11416935B2System, method, and device for autonomous fund management by computer-based algorithms
Publication Date: 2022.08.16 SEILERN PETER
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AI summary

A method for autonomous fund management including the steps of selecting a certain number of securities to create a first group of securities from a publicly traded index, discarding securities from the first group based on filter criteria to create a second group of securities, categorizing the securities from the second group of securities to assign the securities to different industry sectors, grouping a predefined number of the categorized securities into a number n of security pools, such that each security in a same security pool is categorized to a same industry sector, and trading securities within the security pools, such that a first quantity of a first security within a pool is sold and a second quantity of a second security within the pool is purchased when a trade trigger is met, the trade trigger including an event when a ratio between a price of the first security and a price of the second security meets a predefined threshold.