What problem does it solve?
Consolidates portfolio risk measurement into a single, repeatable toolkit so practitioners can quantify tail risk, volatility, drawdowns, and risk-adjusted performance without manual spreadsheet work or ad-hoc scripts.
Core Features & Use Cases
- VaR & Tail Risk: Historical, parametric, and Cornish–Fisher Value at Risk plus Conditional VaR (Expected Shortfall).
- Drawdown & Duration: Rolling drawdowns, maximum and average drawdown, and drawdown duration statistics.
- Risk-Adjusted Returns: Sharpe, Sortino, Calmar, Omega, and information ratio calculations with optional benchmark comparisons.
- Portfolio-Level Analysis: Covariance-based portfolio volatility, marginal and component risk contributions, correlation matrices, diversification ratio, and risk parity optimization.
- Rolling & Stress Testing: Rolling-window metrics, historical scenario tests, hypothetical shocks, and Monte Carlo stress simulations for elevated volatility.
- Use Cases: Building risk dashboards, enforcing risk limits, regulatory reporting, position sizing, and scenario/stress analysis for portfolios.
Quick Start
Calculate a 63-day rolling volatility, 95% historical VaR, CVaR, Sharpe, and max drawdown for the provided portfolio returns series.