Live Asset Class Volatility and Value at Risk (for 2021-03-31, only traditional assets)

This page provides an overview of actual market risk levels, as also graphically shown per asset class on our Risk section. These numbers are calculated based on 21 day daily returns, and scaled to 21 day (monthly) and 252 day (yearly) levels of volatility and Value at Risk (VaR). The latter is a standard tool used by banks, asset managers and hedge funds to assess the prevailing level of market risk.


VaR provides a metric that tells you that if you were to invest in an asset today, you would with 99% (or any other degree) confidence not expect to lose more than a certain percentage of your investments over a given timeframe. In the 1% of bad times that are not captured by the model, you could stand to lose even more. Value at Risk can be calculated with varying degrees of sophistication and here we show you a simple parametric VaR model that captures potential losses with 99% certainty over a one month (21 day) time span.


LongShortSignals models cover a wide variety of assets. Risk levels are shown based on 1 month of the most recent daily returns and updated daily. The asset legend is shown under the risk tables. As of date: 2021-03-31 (show for latest, 2021-11-30, 2021-10-29, 2021-09-30, 2021-08-31, 2021-07-30, more dates). You can also choose to show all assets (including cryptocurrencies).

Asset Class Volatility

Annualized volatility based on the most recent 21 (trading) days of returns per asset class. * T-1M: comparable volatility level of 1 month ago.

AssetVolT-1M*
Crude oil51.2%20.4%
EM Equity19.2%20.5%
Nikkei 22518.2%23.3%
S&P50015.4%15.3%
Gold13.7%16.4%
US Treasury Bonds12.8%14.8%
Euro Stoxx 5011.8%14.4%
Australian dollar9.4%11.6%
EM LC Bonds8.9%7.4%
Japanese yen6.5%6.1%
Euro6.5%6.1%
Inv Grade Credit5.0%3.1%
Global High Yield4.0%1.9%


Asset Class Value at Risk (99% 1 year)

An investor in these asset classes would with 99% certainty not be expected to lose more than the figures shown below over a 1 year time period (though obvious caveat: in the 1% of cases, returns could be worse). Note that for excessively volatile assets like cryptocurrencies, this figure could exceed 100% which is a statistical anomaly. * T-1M: comparable volatility level of 1 month ago.

AssetVolT-1M*
Crude oil119.4%47.6%
EM Equity44.8%47.8%
Nikkei 22542.5%54.4%
S&P50035.8%35.6%
Gold31.9%38.3%
US Treasury Bonds29.7%34.6%
Euro Stoxx 5027.4%33.6%
Australian dollar22.0%27.1%
EM LC Bonds20.8%17.2%
Japanese yen15.3%14.3%
Euro15.3%14.3%
Inv Grade Credit11.6%7.2%
Global High Yield9.4%4.5%


Asset Class Value at Risk (99% 1 month)

An investor in these asset classes would with 99% certainty not lose more than the figures shown below over a 1 month time period (though again the obvious caveat: in the 1% of cases, returns could be worse). * T-1M: comparable volatility level of 1 month ago.

AssetVolT-1M*
Crude oil34.5%13.8%
EM Equity12.9%13.8%
Nikkei 22512.3%15.7%
S&P50010.3%10.3%
Gold9.2%11.1%
US Treasury Bonds8.6%10.0%
Euro Stoxx 507.9%9.7%
Australian dollar6.3%7.8%
EM LC Bonds6.0%5.0%
Japanese yen4.4%4.1%
Euro4.4%4.1%
Inv Grade Credit3.4%2.1%
Global High Yield2.7%1.3%


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Asset class legend

TickerFull nameAsset class
GoldGoldCommodities
OilCrude oilCommodities
AUDAustralian dollarCurrencies
EUREuroCurrencies
JPYJapanese yenCurrencies
EMLCEM LC BondsFixed income
GHYGlobal High YieldFixed income
IGCInv Grade CreditFixed income
USTUS Treasury BondsFixed income
EMEQEM EquityStocks
NKYNikkei 225Stocks
SPXS&P500Stocks
SX5EEuro Stoxx 50Stocks