Table 9.

Monthly return statistics of the zero-cost trading strategy

Beta calculation method
Daily returnDaytime returnOvernight return
Daytime (%)Overnight (%)Daytime + overnight (%)Daytime (%)Overnight (%)Daytime + overnight (%)Daytime (%)Overnight (%)Daytime + overnight (%)
A. Equal-weighted returns
Average2.242.324.612.632.525.243.773.046.96
Standard deviation6.224.948.116.084.918.356.045.358.79
Minimum value−22.76−12.54−26.41−26.24−12.44−29.46−24.85−12.35−29.67
Maximum value25.5321.1236.1228.8322.9843.1325.8127.4938.70
Probability of a positive value67.5675.5678.6768.8972.0079.5677.3376.0081.33
B. Value-weighted returns
Average2.292.424.813,263.156.543.683.036.90
Standard deviation7.635.4110.047,525.409.947.845.9911.18
Minimum value−19.00−12.94−28.61−21.05−13.13−26.48−19.48−18.77−30.91
Maximum value34.1924.8149.4938.0424.0756.2040.6125.8962.40
Probability of a positive value63.5671.1168.8972.4476.0079.1172.4473.3375.56

Note:

A portfolio is calculated at the base date (end of each month) and used to construct the zero-cost portfolio. This table summarizes the statistics of the zero-cost portfolio’s next month’s returns based on the 226 data points collected from January 2001 to October 2019

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