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 3m 22d)
Returns (annualized)
Portfolio | -48.10% |
Benchmark | 13.74% |
Risk (annualized)
Portfolio | 69.67% |
Benchmark | 17.39% |
Sharpe (annualized)
Portfolio | -0.63 |
Benchmark | 0.75 |
Excess Return (annualized)
-61.84% |
Tracking Error (annualized)
83.84% |
Information Ratio
-0.74 |
Statistic | Portfolio | Benchmark |
---|---|---|
Downside Volatility | 56.48% | 18.51% |
Sortino Ratio | -0.77 | 0.70 |
Calmar Ratio | -0.44 | 0.38 |
Ulcer Index | 3.23 | 15.27 |
Max Drawdown | 100.00% | 33.70% |
VaR (99% Confidence) | $-16,204 | $-4,043 |
VaR (99.9% Confidence) | $-21,525 | $-5,371 |
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
8.81 |
Skew
1.62 |
Data Table
Factor | Portfolio | Benchmark | Excess |
---|---|---|---|
Credit Factor | -0.2305 | 0.0509 | -0.2814 |
High Beta (Low Beta) | -0.2024 | -0.0485 | -0.1539 |
Market Factor | -2.9112 | 0.9709 | -3.8821 |
Vol Term Structure | -0.9621 | 0.0045 | -0.9665 |
Adjusted R2
Portfolio | 0.63 |
Benchmark | 0.94 |
Intercept
Portfolio | -0.00 |
Benchmark | 0.00 |