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AtlantixJJ opened this issue Mar 11, 2022 · 3 comments · May be fixed by #1433 or #1895
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Concerns about the calculation of return #964

AtlantixJJ opened this issue Mar 11, 2022 · 3 comments · May be fixed by #1433 or #1895
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🐛 Bug Description

I found the calculation of return in backtest confusing. The return is defined on each day's basis here. The return on each day are summed up directly to obtain the annualized return here. Shouldn't the total return be a product of (1 + r_i) minus 1? What's the problem here?

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  • Qlib version: 2ed806c
  • Python version: 3.7
  • OS (Windows, Linux, MacOS): Linux
  • Commit number (optional, please provide it if you are using the dev version): 2ed806c

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@AtlantixJJ AtlantixJJ added the bug Something isn't working label Mar 11, 2022
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you-n-g commented Mar 14, 2022

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Can your question be answered by this PR?

https://github.com/microsoft/qlib/pull/980/files

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Thank you for your answer. I understand the intuition of using arithmetic summation. But I think people still expect geometric summation for the model performance. Would you consider adding an interface for using geometric summation?

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you-n-g commented Apr 2, 2022

I think we can add an exponential mode in addition to summation mode in this function

I think this is a very good issue for starters.

Contributions are welcome!

@you-n-g you-n-g added the good first issue Good for newcomers label Apr 2, 2022
DimitarSivrev added a commit to DimitarSivrev/qlib that referenced this issue Feb 7, 2023
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Implement exponential mode for annualized_return calculation in risk_…
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Resolves microsoft#964
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Implement geometric accumulation mode for risk_analysis function (mic…
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