Vol Factor
Portfolio Specification
Assets
Barclays Bank PLC (VXX) | 100.00% |
Policy
Rebalancing Interval | Daily |
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Weights Algorithm | Constant Weights |
Benchmark
This portfolio is listed on the Community Portfolios page.
Portfolio 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 (14y 2m 26d)
Returns (annualized)
Portfolio | -47.33% |
Benchmark | 13.47% |
Risk (annualized)
Portfolio | 69.77% |
Benchmark | 17.42% |
Sharpe (annualized)
Portfolio | -0.60 |
Benchmark | 0.73 |
Excess Return (annualized)
-60.80% |
Tracking Error (annualized)
83.96% |
Information Ratio
-0.72 |
Statistic | Portfolio | Benchmark |
---|---|---|
Downside Volatility | 56.46% | 18.56% |
Sortino Ratio | -0.74 | 0.69 |
Calmar Ratio | -0.42 | 0.38 |
Ulcer Index | 3.24 | 15.27 |
Max Drawdown | 100.00% | 33.70% |
VaR (99% Confidence) | $-16,229 | $-4,050 |
VaR (99.9% Confidence) | $-21,558 | $-5,380 |
Beta to Benchmark | -3.10 | N/A |
Value at Risk (VaR) is calculated off a $10,000 portfolio value.
Growth Charts
Return Distribution
Excess Kurtosis
8.79 |
Skew
1.62 |
Data Table
Factor | Portfolio | Benchmark |
---|---|---|
Credit Factor | -0.2310 | -0.2310 |
High Beta (Low Beta) | -0.2002 | -0.2002 |
Market Factor | -2.9102 | -2.9102 |
Vol Term Structure | -0.9630 | -0.9630 |
Adjusted R2
Portfolio | 0.63 |
Benchmark | 0.94 |
Intercept
Portfolio | -0.00 |
Benchmark | 0.00 |