Volatility-based position sizing

Discussion in 'Risk Management' started by goodgoing, Jan 28, 2015.

  1. loyek590

    loyek590

    I doubt anyone on this site has a good understanding of trading any active asset with "(no leverage used)".
     
  2. xandman

    xandman

    This thread is related to the thread just above yours on "how to balance risk in a portfolio".

    The risk parity name sounds nice. It's a weighting scheme. If you look at the equation, using 1/volatility (1/x) makes the formula a minimization function (as opposed to maximization functions used for returns based investing). By using the inverse of volatility, less funds are applied to values where volatility is higher.
     
    Last edited: Jan 28, 2015