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How to estimate the probability of drawdown / ruin?
A fairly naive approach to estimate the probability of drawdown / ruin is to calculate the probabilities of all the permutations of your sample returns, keeping track of those that hit your drawdown / ...
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System Development / Optimization
I have been testing a trend following strategy. The results shows massive drawdowns which makes the equity curve very unstable. I just wanted to know what are some ways in which I can reduce the ...
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Fastest algorithm for calculating retrospective maximum drawdown
Simple question - what would be the fastest algorithm for calculating retrospective maximum drawdown ?
I've found some interesting talks but I was wondering what people thought of this question here.
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Drawdown calculation for strategies
I am developing a trading strategy for currencies. I am trying to find an indication for risk, something like Sharpe ratio or Sterling ration; for that, I thought of using the (maximum) drawdown ...
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Expected length and depth of drawdown
Does anyone know of any model to estimate the distribution of drawdown length and depth assuming a certain portfolio dynamics? The arcsine law seems to suggest that a portfolio can spend a large ...
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Are Papers and Funds reporting Monthly drawdowns using daily granularity?
I'm curious as to how many academic studies and industry white papers are actually using daily data to report intramonth drawdowns; specifically, when the papers are often reporting monthly signals, ...
