HSVaRPlot2DCl {Dowd}

Plots historical simulation VaR against confidence level

Description

Function plots the historical simulation VaR of a portfolio against confidence level, for specified range of confidence level and holding period implied by data frequency.

Usage

HSVaRPlot2DCl(Ra, cl)

Arguments

Ra

Vector of daily P/L data

cl

Vector of VaR confidence levels

Author(s)

Dinesh Acharya

References

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

Examples

# Plots historical simulation VaR against confidence level
   Ra <- rnorm(100)
   cl <- seq(.90, .99, .01)
   HSVaRPlot2DCl(Ra, cl)