Vol Factor

Specification

Policy
Rebalancing Interval Daily
Weights Algorithm Constant Weights
Assets
Barclays Bank PLC (VXX)100.00%
Benchmark
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY)

Description

“Vol” is an equity risk factor that captures sensitivity to changes in price of a volatility index of the S&P 500.

A front-month Vix index is used to proxy this factor.

Policy Report

Backtest Report

From to (13y 6m 13d)

Returns (annualized)

Portfolio -48.98%
Benchmark 13.69%

Risk (annualized)

Portfolio 68.96%
Benchmark 17.13%

Sharpe (annualized)

Portfolio -0.66
Benchmark 0.76

Excess Return (annualized)

-62.67%

Tracking Error (annualized)

82.81%

Information Ratio

-0.76
Statistic Portfolio Benchmark
Downside Volatility 55.74% 18.33%
Sortino Ratio -0.82 0.71
Calmar Ratio -0.46 0.39
Ulcer Index 3.32 15.27
Max Drawdown 100.00% 33.70%
VaR (99% Confidence) $-16,040 $-3,984
VaR (99.9% Confidence) $-21,307 $-5,293
Beta to Benchmark -3.08 N/A

Value at Risk (VaR) is calculated off a $10,000 portfolio value.

Growth Charts

Return Distribution

Excess Kurtosis

9.07

Skew

1.68
Data Table
Factor Coefficients
Factor Portfolio Benchmark
Credit Factor -0.2196 -0.2196
High Beta (Low Beta) -0.1359 -0.1359
Market Factor -2.8865 -2.8865
Vol Term Structure -0.9649 -0.9649

Adjusted R2

Portfolio 0.62
Benchmark 0.94

Intercept

Portfolio -0.00
Benchmark 0.00

Factor Attribution