Expected Shortfall Backtest

Create an expected shortfall (ES) backtest model and run suite of ES backtests

Expected shortfall (ES) provides an estimate of the expected loss on days when there is a VaR failure. For more information, see esbacktest, esbacktestbysim, and esbacktestbyde.

Objects

`esbacktest`	Create `esbacktest` object to run suite of table-based expected shortfall (ES) backtests by Acerbi and Szekely
`esbacktestbysim`	Create `esbacktestbysim` object to run simulation-based suite of expected shortfall (ES) backtests by Acerbi and Szekely
`esbacktestbyde`	Create `esbacktestbyde` object to run suite of Du and Escanciano expected shortfall (ES) backtests (Since R2019b)

Functions

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ES Backtests Without Distributions

`summary`	Basic expected shortfall (ES) report on failures and severity
`runtests`	Run all expected shortfall (ES) backtests for `esbacktest` object
`unconditionalNormal`	Unconditional expected shortfall (ES) backtest by Acerbi-Szekely with critical values for normal distributions
`unconditionalT`	Unconditional expected shortfall (ES) backtest by Acerbi-Szekely with critical values for t distributions

ES Backtests with Distributions

`summary`	Basic expected shortfall (ES) report on failures and severity
`runtests`	Run all expected shortfall backtests (ES) for `esbacktestbysim` object
`conditional`	Conditional expected shortfall (ES) backtest by Acerbi and Szekely
`unconditional`	Unconditional expected shortfall backtest by Acerbi and Szekely
`quantile`	Quantile expected shortfall (ES) backtest by Acerbi and Szekely
`minBiasRelative`	Minimally biased relative test for Expected Shortfall (ES) backtest by Acerbi-Szekely (Since R2020b)
`minBiasAbsolute`	Minimally biased absolute test for Expected Shortfall (ES) backtest by Acerbi-Szekely (Since R2020b)
`simulate`	Simulate expected shortfall (ES) test statistics

ES Backtests by Large-Sample Approximation and Simulation

`summary`	Basic expected shortfall (ES) report on failures and severity (Since R2019b)
`runtests`	Run all expected shortfall (ES) backtests for `esbacktestbyde` object (Since R2019b)
`unconditionalDE`	Unconditional Du-Escanciano (DE) expected shortfall (ES) backtest (Since R2019b)
`conditionalDE`	Conditional Du-Escanciano (DE) expected shortfall (ES) backtest (Since R2019b)
`simulate`	Simulate Du-Escanciano (DE) expected shortfall (ES) test statistics (Since R2019b)

Topics

Expected Shortfall (ES) Backtesting Workflow with No Model Distribution Information
This example shows an expected shortfall (ES) backtesting workflow with no model distribution information and the use of esbacktest object.
Expected Shortfall (ES) Backtesting Workflow Using Simulation
This example shows an expected shortfall (ES) backtesting workflow using simulation and the use of esbacktestbysim object.
Estimate Expected Shortfall for Asset Portfolios
This example shows how to compute the expected shortfall (ES) for a portfolio of equity positions using three different methods.
Workflow for Expected Shortfall (ES) Backtesting by Du and Escanciano
This example shows the workflow for using the Du-Escanciano (DE) expected shortfall (ES) backtests and demonstrates a fixed test window for a single DE model with multiple VaR levels.
Rolling Windows and Multiple Models for Expected Shortfall (ES) Backtesting by Du and Escanciano
This example shows the workflow for using the Du-Escanciano (DE) expected shortfall (ES) backtests for rolling window analyses and testing multiple VaR/ES models.
Expected Shortfall Estimation and Backtesting
This example shows how to perform estimation and backtesting of Expected Shortfall models.
Overview of Expected Shortfall Backtesting
Use multiple Expected Shortfall Backtesting tools for assessing VaR models.