Vol Term Structure

Specification

Policy
Rebalancing Interval Daily
Weights Algorithm Constant Weights
Benchmark
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY)

Description

“Vol Term” is a volatility risk factor that captures the risk of speculating on a piece of the vol surface.

The factor is proxied by going long a basket of mid-term vix futures and short a basket of front-month vix futures with the goal of neutralizing much of the volatility exposure of the factor.

Policy Report

Backtest Report

From to (13y 3m 20d)

Returns (annualized)

Portfolio 5.86%
Benchmark 13.01%

Risk (annualized)

Portfolio 14.16%
Benchmark 17.17%

Sharpe (annualized)

Portfolio 0.40
Benchmark 0.74

Excess Return (annualized)

-7.15%

Tracking Error (annualized)

20.25%

Risk Free Rate (annualized)

1.10%

Growth Charts

Historical Weights

Return Distribution

Excess Kurtosis

25.15

Skew

0.28
Data Table
Factor Coefficients
Factor Portfolio Benchmark
Style Factor -0.0986 -0.0986
Size Factor 0.0234 0.0234
Market Factor 0.1326 0.1326
U.S. Tilt (Non U.S.) 0.0039 0.0039

Adjusted R2

Portfolio 0.03
Benchmark 0.99

Intercept

Portfolio 0.00
Benchmark 0.00

Factor Attribution