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Say the example market return is 12% for the year, I managed to develop a 3-4 Sharpe strategy that makes 6% a year. If I can borrow twice the size of my original fund at 0% interest, I can make more than the market return while still having less risk.

Theoretically, it can also mean I should borrow as much money as I possibly can, as long as the interest rate is lower than the return of my strategy, and as long as the total risk is less than the overall market risk.

If that is the case, what are any other reasons why I shouldn't borrow up to my (risk, interest) limits?

Edit: I'll try a more extreme example to make things more clear. Say I have a hedging strategy that only nets me 2% per annum, but the maximum drawdown is 0.1%. Assuming I can borrow at 0% interest and the maximum drawdown of the market is 10%, theoretically I can borrow at 100x leverage and get 200% while still sharing the same 10% drawdown as the market.

Realistically, this wouldn't happen because its hard to borrow anything at <2%, but if I really could, what is stopping me from doing just that?

Say the example market return is 12% for the year, I managed to develop a 3-4 Sharpe strategy that makes 6% a year. If I can borrow twice the size of my original fund at 0% interest, I can make more than the market return while still having less risk.

Theoretically, it can also mean I should borrow as much money as I possibly can, as long as the interest rate is lower than the return of my strategy, and as long as the total risk is less than the overall market risk.

If that is the case, what are any other reasons why I shouldn't borrow up to my (risk, interest) limits?

Say the example market return is 12% for the year, I managed to develop a 3-4 Sharpe strategy that makes 6% a year. If I can borrow twice the size of my original fund at 0% interest, I can make more than the market return while still having less risk.

Theoretically, it can also mean I should borrow as much money as I possibly can, as long as the interest rate is lower than the return of my strategy, and as long as the total risk is less than the overall market risk.

If that is the case, what are any other reasons why I shouldn't borrow up to my (risk, interest) limits?

Edit: I'll try a more extreme example to make things more clear. Say I have a hedging strategy that only nets me 2% per annum, but the maximum drawdown is 0.1%. Assuming I can borrow at 0% interest and the maximum drawdown of the market is 10%, theoretically I can borrow at 100x leverage and get 200% while still sharing the same 10% drawdown as the market.

Realistically, this wouldn't happen because its hard to borrow anything at <2%, but if I really could, what is stopping me from doing just that?

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What is stopping me from using high leverage on high Sharpe strategies?

Say the example market return is 12% for the year, I managed to develop a 3-4 Sharpe strategy that makes 6% a year. If I can borrow twice the size of my original fund at 0% interest, I can make more than the market return while still having less risk.

Theoretically, it can also mean I should borrow as much money as I possibly can, as long as the interest rate is lower than the return of my strategy, and as long as the total risk is less than the overall market risk.

If that is the case, what are any other reasons why I shouldn't borrow up to my (risk, interest) limits?