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A mixed Sharpe ratio

A mixed Sharpe ratio Recent results in optimal stopping theory have shown that a ‘bang-bang’ (buy or sell immediately) style of trading strategy is in some sense optimal provided the asset's price dynamics follow certain familiar stochastic processes. This paper constructs a reward-to-variability ratio (the mixed Sharpe ratio) that is sufficient for this strategy's implementation. The use of this ratio for optimal portfolio selection is discussed and evidence for it varying over time is found. The performances of the ‘bang-bang’ and ‘buy-and-hold’ trading strategies are compared and the former is found to be significantly more profitable. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Risk and Decision Analysis IOS Press

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Publisher
IOS Press
Copyright
Copyright © 2012 by IOS Press, Inc
ISSN
1569-7371
eISSN
1875-9173
DOI
10.3233/RDA-2012-0051
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Abstract

Recent results in optimal stopping theory have shown that a ‘bang-bang’ (buy or sell immediately) style of trading strategy is in some sense optimal provided the asset's price dynamics follow certain familiar stochastic processes. This paper constructs a reward-to-variability ratio (the mixed Sharpe ratio) that is sufficient for this strategy's implementation. The use of this ratio for optimal portfolio selection is discussed and evidence for it varying over time is found. The performances of the ‘bang-bang’ and ‘buy-and-hold’ trading strategies are compared and the former is found to be significantly more profitable.

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Risk and Decision AnalysisIOS Press

Published: Jan 1, 2012

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