tVaRFigure function

Figure of t- VaR and pdf against L/P

Gives figure showing the VaR and probability distribution function against L/P of a portfolio assuming P/L are normally distributed, for specified confidence level and holding period.

tVaRFigure(...)

Arguments

• ...: The input arguments contain either return data or else mean and standard deviation data. Accordingly, number of input arguments is either 4 or 5. In case there 4 input arguments, the mean and standard deviation of data is computed from return data. See examples for details.

  returns Vector of daily geometric return data

  mu Mean of daily geometric return data

  sigma Standard deviation of daily geometric return data

  df Number of degrees of freedom

  cl VaR confidence level and should be scalar

  hp VaR holding period in days and should be scalar

Examples

# Plots normal VaR and pdf against L/P data for given returns data
   data <- runif(5, min = 0, max = .2)
   tVaRFigure(returns = data, df = 7, cl = .95, hp = 90)

   # Plots normal VaR and pdf against L/P data with given parameters
   tVaRFigure(mu = .012, sigma = .03, df=7, cl = .95, hp = 90)

Author(s)

Dinesh Acharya

References

Dowd, K. Measuring Market Risk, Wiley, 2007.