Determining Optimal Stop-Loss Thresholds via Bayesian Analysis of Drawdown Distributions

Antoine Emil Zambelli

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Abstract: Stop-loss rules are often studied in the financial literature, but the stop-loss levels are seldom constructed systematically. In many papers, and indeed in practice as well, the level of the stops is too often set arbitrarily. Guided by the overarching goal in finance to maximize expected returns given available information, we propose a natural method by which to systematically select the stop-loss threshold by analyzing the distribution of maximum drawdowns. We present results for an hourly trading strategy with two variations on the construction.

Date: 2016-09
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