A note on trader sharpe ratios

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Coates, John M ^a   Page, Lionel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CALCULATION; MARKET; PROFIT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHARPE RATIO; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; HAND; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MALE; MARKETING; METABOLISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

TESTOSTERONE;

COMMERCE; HAND; HUMANS; INVESTMENTS; MALE; MARKETING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 71049122399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008036     Document Type: Article

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