Calmar Ratio

A ratio used to determine return relative to drawdown (downside) risk in a hedge fund.

Calculated as:




Generally speaking, the higher the Calmar ratio, the better. Some funds have high annual returns, but they also have extremely high drawdown risk. This ratio helps determine return on a downside risk adjusted basis. Most people use data from the past 3 years.



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