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Risk adjusted momentum strategies: A comparison between constant and dynamic volatility scaling approaches

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We compare the performance of two volatility scaling methods in momentum strategies: (i) the constant volatility scaling approach of Barroso and Santa-Clara (2015), and (ii) the dynamic volatility scaling method… Click to show full abstract

We compare the performance of two volatility scaling methods in momentum strategies: (i) the constant volatility scaling approach of Barroso and Santa-Clara (2015), and (ii) the dynamic volatility scaling method of Daniel and Moskowitz (2016). We perform momentum strategies based on these two approaches in a diversified portfolio consisting of 55 global liquid futures contracts, and further compare these results to the time series momentum and buy-and-hold strategies. We find that the momentum strategy based on the constant volatility scaling method is the most efficient approach with an annual return of 15.3%.

Keywords: volatility; risk adjusted; momentum strategies; volatility scaling; dynamic volatility

Journal Title: Research in International Business and Finance
Year Published: 2018

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