Tail Var

Discussion in 'CT8' started by Harashima Senju, Aug 26, 2017.

  1. Harashima Senju

    Harashima Senju Ton up Member

    From the course notes tail var is defined as \(\mathbb{E}[max(Var - X,0)]\)

    From the calculations they seem to use \(\mathbb{E}[max(-Var - X,0)]\)

    Which is the correct form
     
  2. Harashima Senju

    Harashima Senju Ton up Member

    Tail VaR at \(p\) is defined as \(\mathbb{E}[max(t-X,0)]\) where \(P(X < t) = p\)
     

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