Negative returns resulted positive Sharpe and positive Sortino.
Can somebody explain this?
Negative returns resulted positive Sharpe and positive Sortino
Hi @Vladimir. I wrote up a short notebook explaining why the sign of Sharpe Ratio doesn't necessarily match the sign of cumulative returns. The TL;DR is that the sign of Sharpe Ratio is determined by the whether the arithmetic mean of (1 + daily_returns) is greater than 1, but the sign of cumulative returns is determined by whether the geometric mean of (1 + daily_returns) is greater than 1. Since arithmetic mean and geometric mean are both measures of central tendency, the sign of sharpe ratio and cumulative returns usually coincide, but they don't always.
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Hi Scott,
Thank you for perfect research and brilliant explanation of what may be called Sharpe Ratio anomaly.
My 2 cents:
This apparent anomaly is the reason why academics generally use log returns rather than simple returns when calculating the Sharpe ratio of a standalone strategy.
However, in a constantly rebalanced diversified portfolio of multiple strategies (like the Q fund), it makes sense to judge each strategy using simple returns SRs, since the compounding is done at a portfolio level.
Since both Sharpe and Sortini require calculations of standard deviation and ROI, then if you have a neg. SD and a neg ROI, this is the same as multiplying two negatives. You'll get a positive number.
For anyone who might want to spend time examining that, this additional example might come in handy, pretty simple and only takes seconds to run, starting out with negative Sharpe & Sortino and ending at Sharpe +2.5, Sortino +9.5 with returns -130 ...
Does anyone know how to use the calculations here to be able to plot them in the custom chart?
Vladimir
Sorry! I was thinking of another formula I use which involves STD. Has anyone yet solved this prob?
Walter - that notebook from Scott is an extensive explanation.
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