Practice

Trading: Evaluating Strategy Performance

Calculate the Sharpe Ratio, volatility, and drawdown of a backtested strategy.

Quant / TradingIntermediateCalculation

You're a junior quant. Your PM asks you to evaluate a 12-month momentum strategy backtested over 5 years.

Given
Year 1 Return18 %
Year 2 Return-8 %
Year 3 Return22 %
Year 4 Return15 %
Year 5 Return-3 %
Risk-free rate2 %/an
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Step 1. Average annual return?

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