Vol Term Structure

Portfolio Specification

Policy

Rebalancing Interval Daily
Weights Algorithm Constant Weights

Portfolio 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 (14y 4m 1d)

Returns (annualized)

Portfolio 5.18%
Benchmark 12.95%

Risk (annualized)

Portfolio 14.25%
Benchmark 17.38%

Sharpe (annualized)

Portfolio 0.33
Benchmark 0.71

Excess Return (annualized)

-7.77%

Tracking Error (annualized)

20.29%

Information Ratio

-0.38
Statistic Portfolio Benchmark
Downside Volatility 14.77% 18.55%
Sortino Ratio 0.32 0.67
Calmar Ratio 0.13 0.37
Ulcer Index 13.60 15.27
Max Drawdown 35.59% 33.70%
VaR (99% Confidence) $-3,314 $-4,043
VaR (99.9% Confidence) $-4,403 $-5,371
Beta to Benchmark 0.15 N/A

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

Growth Charts

Historical Weights

Return Distribution

Excess Kurtosis

23.10

Skew

0.16
Data Table
Factor Coefficients
Factor Portfolio Benchmark
Style Factor -0.0946 -0.0946
Size Factor 0.0289 0.0289
Market Factor 0.1422 0.1422
U.S. Tilt (Non U.S.) -0.0032 -0.0032

Adjusted R2

Portfolio 0.04
Benchmark 0.99

Intercept

Portfolio 0.00
Benchmark 0.00

Factor Attribution