Affiliation:
1. Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva 8410501, Israel
2. Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Shamoon College of Engineering, Beer-Sheva 8410802, Israel
Abstract
Using daily returns of Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ripple and Stellar, we introduce a novel risk measure for quantitative-risk management in the cryptomarket that accounts for the significant co-movements between cryptocurrencies. We find that our model has a lower error margin when forecasting the extent of future losses than traditional risk measures, such as Value-at-Risk and Expected Shortfall. Most notably, we observe this in Litecoin’s results, where Expected Shortfall, on average, overestimates the potential fall in the price of Litecoin by 8.61% and underestimates it by 3.92% more than our model. This research shows that traditional risk measures, while not necessarily inappropriate, are imperfect and incomplete representations of risk when it comes to the cryptomarket. Our model provides a suitable alternative for risk managers, who prioritize lower error margins over failure rates, and highlights the value in exploring how risk measures that incorporate the unique characteristics of cryptocurrencies can be used to supplement and complement traditional risk measures.
Funder
Israel Science Foundation
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