Worst Realisation

PortfolioOptimisers.WorstRealisation Type

struct WorstRealisation{__T_settings} <: RiskMeasure

Represents the Worst Realisation risk measure.

WorstRealisation returns the maximum loss (i.e., the negative minimum return) over all observed scenarios. It is the most conservative risk measure, capturing the single worst outcome in the sample.

Mathematical Definition

$$\mathrm{WR}(\mathit{x})=-\underset{1\le t\le T}{min}{x}_t.$$

Fields

• settings: Risk measure configuration.

Constructors

WorstRealisation(;
    settings::RiskMeasureSettings = RiskMeasureSettings()
) -> WorstRealisation

Keywords correspond to the struct's fields.

Functor

(r::WorstRealisation)(x::VecNum)

Computes the Worst Realisation of a portfolio returns vector x.

Arguments

• x::VecNum: Portfolio returns vector.

Examples

julia> WorstRealisation()
WorstRealisation
  settings ┼ RiskMeasureSettings
           │   scale ┼ Float64: 1.0
           │      ub ┼ nothing
           │     rke ┴ Bool: true

Related

• RiskMeasure

• RiskMeasureSettings

• Range

• ValueatRisk

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