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Implementing and testing the Maximum Drawdown at Risk

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  • Mendes, Beatriz Vaz de Melo
  • Lavrado, Rafael Coelho

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Financial managers are mainly concerned about long lasting accumulated large losses which may lead to massive money withdrawals. To assess this risk feeling we compute the Maximum Drawdown, the largest price loss of an investment during some fixed time period. The Maximum Drawdown at Risk has become an important risk measure for commodity trading advisors, hedge funds managers, and regulators. In this study we propose an estimation methodology based on Monte Carlo simulations and empirically validate the procedure using international stock indices. We find that this tool provides more accurate market risk control and may be used to manage portfolio exposure, being useful to practitioners and financial analysts.

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  • Mendes, Beatriz Vaz de Melo & Lavrado, Rafael Coelho, 2017. "Implementing and testing the Maximum Drawdown at Risk," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 22(C), pages 95-100.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:finlet:v:22:y:2017:i:c:p:95-100
    DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2017.06.001
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    Keywords

    Risk management; Maximum drawdown; ARMA-GARCH; Simulations;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
    • C15 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Statistical Simulation Methods: General
    • C53 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Forecasting and Prediction Models; Simulation Methods
    • C58 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Financial Econometrics
    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill

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