BootstrapVaRFigure {Dowd}R Documentation

Plots figure of bootstrapped VaR

Description

Plots figure for the bootstrapped VaR, for confidence level and holding period implied by data frequency.

Usage

BootstrapVaRFigure(Ra, number.resamples, cl)

Arguments

Ra

Vector corresponding to profit and loss distribution

number.resamples

Number of samples to be taken in bootstrap procedure

cl

Number corresponding to Value at Risk confidence level

Author(s)

Dinesh Acharya

References

Dowd, K. Measuring Market Risk, Wiley, 2007.

Examples

# To be modified with appropriate data.
   # Estimates 90% confidence interval for bootstrapped VaR for 95%
   # confidence interval
   Ra <- rnorm(1000)
   BootstrapESFigure(Ra, 500, 0.95)

[Package Dowd version 0.12 Index]