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HorseRider
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spy sharpe ratio

March 6th, 2012, 11:06 pm

if one trade eod of SPY from beginning of year, what's the sharpe ratio?
 
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spy sharpe ratio

March 7th, 2012, 1:35 am

Each day I calculate daily return, X1...Xn. If I use mean(Xi)/sd(xi) * sqrt(252) ~= 6 But if I annulize each return by 252 * Xi = Yi, then obviously mean(Yi)/sd(Yi) = mean(Xi)/sd(Xi) = 0.37.Which number is correct?Thanks
 
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spy sharpe ratio

March 7th, 2012, 12:48 pm

0.37