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Backtesting beyond VaR [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
With the implementation of Value-at-Risk (VaR) models a new chapter of risk management was opened. Their ultimate goal is to quantify the uncertainty about the amount that may be lost or gained on a portfolio over a given period of time. Most generally, the uncertainty is expressed by a forecast distribution P t+1 for period t+1 associated with the ...
Härdle, Wolfgang, Stahl, Gerhard
openaire   +4 more sources

A K-Means Classification and Entropy Pooling Portfolio Strategy for Small and Large Capitalization Cryptocurrencies [PDF]

open access: yesEntropy, 2023
In this study, we propose three portfolio strategies: allocation based on the normality assumption, the skewed-Student t distribution, and the entropy pooling (EP) method for 14 small- and large-capitalization (cap) cryptocurrencies.
Jules Clement Mba   +1 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Backtesting the Expected Shortfall [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Backtesting of risk measure estimates is an integral part for an effective risk management. With the growing importance of the Expected Shortfall (ES) to potentially replace the Value at Risk (VaR) as a primary measure for market risk this also calls for
Spring, Konstantin
core   +3 more sources

Studying the effects of USING GARCH-EVT-COPULA METHOD TO ESTIMATE VALUE AT RISK OF PORTFOLIO [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Finance, 1999
Value at Risk (VaR) plays a central role in risk management. There are several approaches for the estimation of VaR, such as historical simulation, the variance-covariance and the Monte Carlo approaches. This work presents portfolio VaR using an approach
Ghodratollah Emamverdi
doaj   +1 more source

The Accuracy of Risk Measurement Models on Bitcoin Market during COVID-19 Pandemic

open access: yesRisks, 2021
Since late 2019, during one of the largest pandemics in history, COVID-19, global economic recession has continued. Therefore, investors seek an alternative investment that generates profits during this financially risky situation.
Danai Likitratcharoen   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A review of backtesting and backtesting procedures [PDF]

open access: yesThe Journal of Risk, 2005
This paper reviews a variety of backtests that examine the adequacy of Value-at-Risk (VaR) measures. These backtesting procedures are reviewed from both a statistical and risk management perspective. The properties of unconditional coverage and independence are defined and their relation to backtesting procedures is discussed.
openaire   +1 more source

The Adjustment of VaR to the Empirical Distribution of Returns [PDF]

open access: yesTheoretical and Applied Economics, 2006
Basel II Recommendations concerning internal rating based models approach for financial institutions and the success of RiskMetrics made Value-at-Risk (VaR) is the most important risk measurement instrument at international level.
Radu Lupu
doaj   +1 more source

The Probability of Backtest Overfitting [PDF]

open access: yesThe Journal of Computational Finance, 2013
Most firms and portfolio managers rely on backtests (or historical simulations of performance) to select investment strategies and allocate them capital. Standard statistical techniques designed to prevent regression over-fitting, such as hold-out, tend to be unreliable and inaccurate in the context of investment backtests.
David H. Bailey   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

ANALYSIS OF THE INVESTMENT ARBITRAGE STRATEGY USING FINANCIAL MULTIPLIERS

open access: yesСтатистика и экономика, 2016
This article describes an algorithm for stock pairs trading using financial multipliers of underlying companies. This algorithm has been tested on historical data and compared with classical Bollinger bands strategy.
Dmitry S. Pashkov
doaj   +1 more source

Correctness of backtest engines [PDF]

open access: yesThe Journal of Investment Strategies, 2017
In recent years several trading platforms appeared which provide a backtest engine to calculate historic performance of self designed trading strategies on underlying candle data. The construction of a correct working backtest engine is, however, a subtle task as shown by Maier-Paape and Platen (cf. arXiv:1412.5558 [q-fin.TR]).
Robert L\\\"ow   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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