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Omega

Updated 2023-10-09 23:23:15.990000

Syntax

SELECT [westclintech].[wct].[Omega](
  <@R, float,>
 ,<@MAR, float,>)

Description

Use the aggregate function Omega to calculate the Omega of asset returns. Omega is the ratio of the upside returns (where the asset return is greater than the minimum acceptable return) and the downside returns (where the asset return is less than the minimum acceptable return).

http://westclintech.com/Portals/0/images/formula_Omega.jpg

Arguments

@MAR

the minimum acceptable return in floating point format (i.e. 10% = 0.10). @MAR is an expression of type float or of a type that can be implicitly converted to float.

@R

the asset return for a period; the percentage return in floating point format (i.e. 10% = 0.10). @R is an expression of type float or of a type that can be implicitly converted to float.

Return Type

float

Remarks

If @R IS NULL it is not included in the calculation.

If @MAR IS NULL it is set to zero.

If there are no non-NULL rows in a GROUP then NULL is returned.

@MAR must be the same for all values in a GROUP.

Examples

In this example we have returns for an asset and its benchmark for the last three years. The minimum acceptable return is 0.005.

SELECT wct.Omega(Ra, 0.005) as Omega

FROM

(

    VALUES

        ('2012-12-31', 0.001378, -0.003929),

        ('2013-01-31', 0.028677, -0.001701),

        ('2013-02-28', 0.005801, 0.003165),

        ('2013-03-31', 0.01442, -0.006487),

        ('2013-04-30', 0.00229, -0.004653),

        ('2013-05-31', 0.014905, 0.009577),

        ('2013-06-30', 0.008594, 0.00588),

        ('2013-07-31', 0.011531, 0.005089),

        ('2013-08-31', 0.008268, 0.005233),

        ('2013-09-30', 0.013993, -0.004338),

        ('2013-10-31', 0.009147, -0.006109),

        ('2013-11-30', -0.00316, -0.002222),

        ('2013-12-31', -0.00595, 0.005451),

        ('2014-01-31', 0.013398, -0.008099),

        ('2014-02-28', 0.002847, -0.000299),

        ('2014-03-31', -0.009544, -0.009809),

        ('2014-04-30', 0.002516, 0.008875),

        ('2014-05-31', 0.004626, -0.002681),

        ('2014-06-30', -0.002141, 0.000312),

        ('2014-07-31', 0.009247, 0.00936),

        ('2014-08-31', -0.01253, 0.005434),

        ('2014-09-30', 0.00441, 0.008157),

        ('2014-10-31', 0.01626, -0.006766),

        ('2014-11-30', 0.013207, 0.005742),

        ('2014-12-31', -0.008561, -0.005063),

        ('2015-01-31', 0.012357, 0.004357),

        ('2015-02-28', -0.002057, -0.00044),

        ('2015-03-31', 0.008217, -0.004866),

        ('2015-04-30', -0.013439, -0.007649),

        ('2015-05-31', 0.004391, -0.002073),

        ('2015-06-30', -0.008997, 0.00399),

        ('2015-07-31', -0.001878, -0.00613),

        ('2015-08-31', -0.014381, -0.00351),

        ('2015-09-30', -0.001885, 0.001172),

        ('2015-10-31', -0.001121, -0.000024),

        ('2015-11-30', 0.000816, 0.002596),

        ('2015-12-31', -0.003088, -0.009025)

) n (dt, Ra, Rb);

This produces the following result.

{"columns":[{"field":"Omega","headerClass":"ag-right-aligned-header","cellClass":"ag-right-aligned-cell"}],"rows":[{"Omega":"0.644154156550285"}]}

In this example we have 6 managers plus a benchmark stored in the #managers table which is in 'spreadsheet' format. The minimum acceptable rate is 0.005.

SELECT *
INTO   #managers
  FROM (   VALUES ('2012-12-31', -0.002546, NULL, NULL, 0.003006, NULL, 0.005007, -0.001839),
                  ('2013-01-31', 0.00977, NULL, NULL, 0.001, NULL, -0.007579, 0.008614),
                  ('2013-02-28', 0.024726, NULL, NULL, 0.005703, NULL, 0.006496, -0.004624),
                  ('2013-03-31', 0.000942, NULL, NULL, 0.007578, NULL, 0.008333, 0.005031),
                  ('2013-04-30', 0.022139, NULL, NULL, 0.007118, NULL, -0.007312, -0.005431),
                  ('2013-05-31', 0.019449, NULL, NULL, 0.005659, NULL, -0.003902, -0.001878),
                  ('2013-06-30', -0.007964, NULL, NULL, 0.003757, NULL, -0.001899, -0.00706),
                  ('2013-07-31', -0.008262, -0.002824, NULL, 0.003762, NULL, -0.007347, -0.001982),
                  ('2013-08-31', 0.009617, 0.007319, NULL, 0.0022, NULL, -0.002116, 0.003867),
                  ('2013-09-30', -0.004118, 0.004128, NULL, 0.001394, NULL, 0.008333, 0.001356),
                  ('2013-10-31', 0.010754, -0.001578, NULL, 0.003483, NULL, -0.004724, -0.001342),
                  ('2013-11-30', 0.002402, 0.020835, NULL, 0.001, NULL, 0.003954, -0.000306),
                  ('2013-12-31', 0.004581, 0.015689, NULL, 0.002146, NULL, 0.008333, 0.001118),
                  ('2014-01-31', -0.00055, -0.001027, -0.008245, 0.00732, NULL, 0.004025, -0.007227),
                  ('2014-02-28', -0.001512, 0.001653, -0.009029, 0.009919, NULL, -0.008333, -0.003878),
                  ('2014-03-31', 0.008784, 0.004364, -0.011608, 0.001, NULL, -0.008333, -0.004822),
                  ('2014-04-30', 0.008412, -0.012369, -0.004692, 0.004536, NULL, -0.006303, 0.004306),
                  ('2014-05-31', 0.003945, 0.010651, -0.016833, 0.001, NULL, -0.007974, 0.005221),
                  ('2014-06-30', 0.012371, 0.01773, -0.010384, 0.010593, NULL, -0.004781, -0.000731),
                  ('2014-07-31', 0.011915, 0.004308, -0.012965, 0.001, NULL, 0.007751, -0.009239),
                  ('2014-08-31', -0.013738, 0.00039, 0.000009, 0.005139, 0.001, -0.003319, -0.003636),
                  ('2014-09-30', -0.004081, 0.01968, -0.008214, 0.007976, 0.001, -0.003799, 0.005563),
                  ('2014-10-31', 0.01608, 0.015291, -0.002969, 0.01303, 0.001, -0.004645, 0.001599),
                  ('2014-11-30', 0.011241, 0.012312, 0.007088, 0.00384, 0.000852, 0.006783, -0.008487),
                  ('2014-12-31', -0.004251, 0.008737, -0.013576, 0.001, 0.001, -0.0034, 0.001013),
                  ('2015-01-31', -0.004039, 0.012938, -0.011891, 0.004576, 0.001, -0.004195, -0.002653),
                  ('2015-02-28', 0.026326, 0.019695, -0.013178, 0.010737, 0.001, 0.006418, -0.00952),
                  ('2015-03-31', -0.000628, 0.008029, 0.005917, 0.017461, 0.00048, -0.00501, 0.007879),
                  ('2015-04-30', 0.005688, 0.01249, -0.018813, 0.001, -0.002104, 0.003657, 0.009886),
                  ('2015-05-31', 0.010039, 0.008442, -0.01465, 0.001, 0.001, 0.001024, 0.001695),
                  ('2015-06-30', -0.004267, 0.001391, -0.022504, 0.003104, 0.001, -0.003507, 0.009854),
                  ('2015-07-31', -0.001672, 0.020558, -0.011859, 0.001, 0.001, NULL, 0.008361),
                  ('2015-08-31', 0.015726, 0.017419, -0.004556, 0.001, -0.000462, NULL, -0.007253),
                  ('2015-09-30', 0.001977, 0.007301, -0.00811, 0.013011, -0.001032, NULL, 0.009911),
                  ('2015-10-31', 0.016201, 0.00877, -0.005536, 0.014527, -0.000833, NULL, 0.009897),
                  ('2015-11-30', 0.019996, -0.000785, -0.002161, 0.001947, 0.001, NULL, -0.007307),
                  ('2015-12-31', -0.003254, 0.009595, -0.013785, 0.001, 0.001, NULL, 0.007196)) n (dt, man1, man2,
                                                                                                   man3, man4, man5,
                                                                                                   man6, bmark);

To calculate the Omega ratio for each manager against a minimum acceptable return of 0.5% we run the following SQL.

SELECT wct.Omega(man1, 0.005) as man1,

       wct.Omega(man2, 0.005) as man2,

       wct.Omega(man3, 0.005) as man3,

       wct.Omega(man4, 0.005) as man4,

       wct.Omega(man5, 0.005) as man5,

       wct.Omega(man6, 0.005) as man6,

       wct.Omega(bmark, 0.005) as bmark

FROM #managers;

This produces the following result.

{"columns":[{"field":"man1","headerClass":"ag-right-aligned-header","cellClass":"ag-right-aligned-cell"},{"field":"man2","headerClass":"ag-right-aligned-header","cellClass":"ag-right-aligned-cell"},{"field":"man3","headerClass":"ag-right-aligned-header","cellClass":"ag-right-aligned-cell"},{"field":"man4","headerClass":"ag-right-aligned-header","cellClass":"ag-right-aligned-cell"},{"field":"man5","headerClass":"ag-right-aligned-header","cellClass":"ag-right-aligned-cell"},{"field":"man6","headerClass":"ag-right-aligned-header","cellClass":"ag-right-aligned-cell"},{"field":"bmark","headerClass":"ag-right-aligned-header","cellClass":"ag-right-aligned-cell"}],"rows":[{"man1":"1.19149505403598","man2":"2.76344836004115","man3":"0.00895547297116069","man4":"0.992784796751649","man5":"0","man6":"0.0869145196147756","bmark":"0.158684232428119"}]}

Using the same data from the previous example in the #nmanagers table which is in 3rd normal form we perform the same calculation.

SELECT *

INTO #nmanagers

FROM

(

    VALUES

        ('2012-12-31', 'man1', -0.002546),

        ('2012-12-31', 'man4', 0.003006),

        ('2012-12-31', 'man6', 0.005007),

        ('2012-12-31', 'bmark', -0.001839),

        ('2013-01-31', 'man1', 0.009770),

        ('2013-01-31', 'man4', 0.001000),

        ('2013-01-31', 'man6', -0.007579),

        ('2013-01-31', 'bmark', 0.008614),

        ('2013-02-28', 'man1', 0.024726),

        ('2013-02-28', 'man4', 0.005703),

        ('2013-02-28', 'man6', 0.006496),

        ('2013-02-28', 'bmark', -0.004624),

        ('2013-03-31', 'man1', 0.000942),

        ('2013-03-31', 'man4', 0.007578),

        ('2013-03-31', 'man6', 0.008333),

        ('2013-03-31', 'bmark', 0.005031),

        ('2013-04-30', 'man1', 0.022139),

        ('2013-04-30', 'man4', 0.007118),

        ('2013-04-30', 'man6', -0.007312),

        ('2013-04-30', 'bmark', -0.005431),

        ('2013-05-31', 'man1', 0.019449),

        ('2013-05-31', 'man4', 0.005659),

        ('2013-05-31', 'man6', -0.003902),

        ('2013-05-31', 'bmark', -0.001878),

        ('2013-06-30', 'man1', -0.007964),

        ('2013-06-30', 'man4', 0.003757),

        ('2013-06-30', 'man6', -0.001899),

        ('2013-06-30', 'bmark', -0.007060),

        ('2013-07-31', 'man1', -0.008262),

        ('2013-07-31', 'man2', -0.002824),

        ('2013-07-31', 'man4', 0.003762),

        ('2013-07-31', 'man6', -0.007347),

        ('2013-07-31', 'bmark', -0.001982),

        ('2013-08-31', 'man1', 0.009617),

        ('2013-08-31', 'man2', 0.007319),

        ('2013-08-31', 'man4', 0.002200),

        ('2013-08-31', 'man6', -0.002116),

        ('2013-08-31', 'bmark', 0.003867),

        ('2013-09-30', 'man1', -0.004118),

        ('2013-09-30', 'man2', 0.004128),

        ('2013-09-30', 'man4', 0.001394),

        ('2013-09-30', 'man6', 0.008333),

        ('2013-09-30', 'bmark', 0.001356),

        ('2013-10-31', 'man1', 0.010754),

        ('2013-10-31', 'man2', -0.001578),

        ('2013-10-31', 'man4', 0.003483),

        ('2013-10-31', 'man6', -0.004724),

        ('2013-10-31', 'bmark', -0.001342),

        ('2013-11-30', 'man1', 0.002402),

        ('2013-11-30', 'man2', 0.020835),

        ('2013-11-30', 'man4', 0.001000),

        ('2013-11-30', 'man6', 0.003954),

        ('2013-11-30', 'bmark', -0.000306),

        ('2013-12-31', 'man1', 0.004581),

        ('2013-12-31', 'man2', 0.015689),

        ('2013-12-31', 'man4', 0.002146),

        ('2013-12-31', 'man6', 0.008333),

        ('2013-12-31', 'bmark', 0.001118),

        ('2014-01-31', 'man1', -0.000550),

        ('2014-01-31', 'man2', -0.001027),

        ('2014-01-31', 'man3', -0.008245),

        ('2014-01-31', 'man4', 0.007320),

        ('2014-01-31', 'man6', 0.004025),

        ('2014-01-31', 'bmark', -0.007227),

        ('2014-02-28', 'man1', -0.001512),

        ('2014-02-28', 'man2', 0.001653),

        ('2014-02-28', 'man3', -0.009029),

        ('2014-02-28', 'man4', 0.009919),

        ('2014-02-28', 'man6', -0.008333),

        ('2014-02-28', 'bmark', -0.003878),

        ('2014-03-31', 'man1', 0.008784),

        ('2014-03-31', 'man2', 0.004364),

        ('2014-03-31', 'man3', -0.011608),

        ('2014-03-31', 'man4', 0.001000),

        ('2014-03-31', 'man6', -0.008333),

        ('2014-03-31', 'bmark', -0.004822),

        ('2014-04-30', 'man1', 0.008412),

        ('2014-04-30', 'man2', -0.012369),

        ('2014-04-30', 'man3', -0.004692),

        ('2014-04-30', 'man4', 0.004536),

        ('2014-04-30', 'man6', -0.006303),

        ('2014-04-30', 'bmark', 0.004306),

        ('2014-05-31', 'man1', 0.003945),

        ('2014-05-31', 'man2', 0.010651),

        ('2014-05-31', 'man3', -0.016833),

        ('2014-05-31', 'man4', 0.001000),

        ('2014-05-31', 'man6', -0.007974),

        ('2014-05-31', 'bmark', 0.005221),

        ('2014-06-30', 'man1', 0.012371),

        ('2014-06-30', 'man2', 0.017730),

        ('2014-06-30', 'man3', -0.010384),

        ('2014-06-30', 'man4', 0.010593),

        ('2014-06-30', 'man6', -0.004781),

        ('2014-06-30', 'bmark', -0.000731),

        ('2014-07-31', 'man1', 0.011915),

        ('2014-07-31', 'man2', 0.004308),

        ('2014-07-31', 'man3', -0.012965),

        ('2014-07-31', 'man4', 0.001000),

        ('2014-07-31', 'man6', 0.007751),

        ('2014-07-31', 'bmark', -0.009239),

        ('2014-08-31', 'man1', -0.013738),

        ('2014-08-31', 'man2', 0.000390),

        ('2014-08-31', 'man3', 0.000009),

        ('2014-08-31', 'man4', 0.005139),

        ('2014-08-31', 'man5', 0.001000),

        ('2014-08-31', 'man6', -0.003319),

        ('2014-08-31', 'bmark', -0.003636),

        ('2014-09-30', 'man1', -0.004081),

        ('2014-09-30', 'man2', 0.019680),

        ('2014-09-30', 'man3', -0.008214),

        ('2014-09-30', 'man4', 0.007976),

        ('2014-09-30', 'man5', 0.001000),

        ('2014-09-30', 'man6', -0.003799),

        ('2014-09-30', 'bmark', 0.005563),

        ('2014-10-31', 'man1', 0.016080),

        ('2014-10-31', 'man2', 0.015291),

        ('2014-10-31', 'man3', -0.002969),

        ('2014-10-31', 'man4', 0.013030),

        ('2014-10-31', 'man5', 0.001000),

        ('2014-10-31', 'man6', -0.004645),

        ('2014-10-31', 'bmark', 0.001599),

        ('2014-11-30', 'man1', 0.011241),

        ('2014-11-30', 'man2', 0.012312),

        ('2014-11-30', 'man3', 0.007088),

        ('2014-11-30', 'man4', 0.003840),

        ('2014-11-30', 'man5', 0.000852),

        ('2014-11-30', 'man6', 0.006783),

        ('2014-11-30', 'bmark', -0.008487),

        ('2014-12-31', 'man1', -0.004251),

        ('2014-12-31', 'man2', 0.008737),

        ('2014-12-31', 'man3', -0.013576),

        ('2014-12-31', 'man4', 0.001000),

        ('2014-12-31', 'man5', 0.001000),

        ('2014-12-31', 'man6', -0.003400),

        ('2014-12-31', 'bmark', 0.001013),

        ('2015-01-31', 'man1', -0.004039),

        ('2015-01-31', 'man2', 0.012938),

        ('2015-01-31', 'man3', -0.011891),

        ('2015-01-31', 'man4', 0.004576),

        ('2015-01-31', 'man5', 0.001000),

        ('2015-01-31', 'man6', -0.004195),

        ('2015-01-31', 'bmark', -0.002653),

        ('2015-02-28', 'man1', 0.026326),

        ('2015-02-28', 'man2', 0.019695),

        ('2015-02-28', 'man3', -0.013178),

        ('2015-02-28', 'man4', 0.010737),

        ('2015-02-28', 'man5', 0.001000),

        ('2015-02-28', 'man6', 0.006418),

        ('2015-02-28', 'bmark', -0.009520),

        ('2015-03-31', 'man1', -0.000628),

        ('2015-03-31', 'man2', 0.008029),

        ('2015-03-31', 'man3', 0.005917),

        ('2015-03-31', 'man4', 0.017461),

        ('2015-03-31', 'man5', 0.000480),

        ('2015-03-31', 'man6', -0.005010),

        ('2015-03-31', 'bmark', 0.007879),

        ('2015-04-30', 'man1', 0.005688),

        ('2015-04-30', 'man2', 0.012490),

        ('2015-04-30', 'man3', -0.018813),

        ('2015-04-30', 'man4', 0.001000),

        ('2015-04-30', 'man5', -0.002104),

        ('2015-04-30', 'man6', 0.003657),

        ('2015-04-30', 'bmark', 0.009886),

        ('2015-05-31', 'man1', 0.010039),

        ('2015-05-31', 'man2', 0.008442),

        ('2015-05-31', 'man3', -0.014650),

        ('2015-05-31', 'man4', 0.001000),

        ('2015-05-31', 'man5', 0.001000),

        ('2015-05-31', 'man6', 0.001024),

        ('2015-05-31', 'bmark', 0.001695),

        ('2015-06-30', 'man1', -0.004267),

        ('2015-06-30', 'man2', 0.001391),

        ('2015-06-30', 'man3', -0.022504),

        ('2015-06-30', 'man4', 0.003104),

        ('2015-06-30', 'man5', 0.001000),

        ('2015-06-30', 'man6', -0.003507),

        ('2015-06-30', 'bmark', 0.009854),

        ('2015-07-31', 'man1', -0.001672),

        ('2015-07-31', 'man2', 0.020558),

        ('2015-07-31', 'man3', -0.011859),

        ('2015-07-31', 'man4', 0.001000),

        ('2015-07-31', 'man5', 0.001000),

        ('2015-07-31', 'bmark', 0.008361),

        ('2015-08-31', 'man1', 0.015726),

        ('2015-08-31', 'man2', 0.017419),

        ('2015-08-31', 'man3', -0.004556),

        ('2015-08-31', 'man4', 0.001000),

        ('2015-08-31', 'man5', -0.000462),

        ('2015-08-31', 'bmark', -0.007253),

        ('2015-09-30', 'man1', 0.001977),

        ('2015-09-30', 'man2', 0.007301),

        ('2015-09-30', 'man3', -0.008110),

        ('2015-09-30', 'man4', 0.013011),

        ('2015-09-30', 'man5', -0.001032),

        ('2015-09-30', 'bmark', 0.009911),

        ('2015-10-31', 'man1', 0.016201),

        ('2015-10-31', 'man2', 0.008770),

        ('2015-10-31', 'man3', -0.005536),

        ('2015-10-31', 'man4', 0.014527),

        ('2015-10-31', 'man5', -0.000833),

        ('2015-10-31', 'bmark', 0.009897),

        ('2015-11-30', 'man1', 0.019996),

        ('2015-11-30', 'man2', -0.000785),

        ('2015-11-30', 'man3', -0.002161),

        ('2015-11-30', 'man4', 0.001947),

        ('2015-11-30', 'man5', 0.001000),

        ('2015-11-30', 'bmark', -0.007307),

        ('2015-12-31', 'man1', -0.003254),

        ('2015-12-31', 'man2', 0.009595),

        ('2015-12-31', 'man3', -0.013785),

        ('2015-12-31', 'man4', 0.001000),

        ('2015-12-31', 'man5', 0.001000),

        ('2015-12-31', 'bmark', 0.007196)

) n (dt, man, R);

SELECT man as manager,

       wct.Omega(r, 0.005) as Omega

FROM #nmanagers m

GROUP BY man;

This produces the following result.

{"columns":[{"field":"manager"},{"field":"Omega","headerClass":"ag-right-aligned-header","cellClass":"ag-right-aligned-cell"}],"rows":[{"manager":"bmark","Omega":"0.158684232428119"},{"manager":"man1","Omega":"1.19149505403598"},{"manager":"man2","Omega":"2.76344836004115"},{"manager":"man3","Omega":"0.00895547297116069"},{"manager":"man4","Omega":"0.992784796751649"},{"manager":"man5","Omega":"0"},{"manager":"man6","Omega":"0.0869145196147755"}]}

See Also

DOWNSIDEDEVIATION - Calculate the downside deviation of asset returns

DOWNSIDEFREQUENCY - Calculate the downside frequency of asset returns

DOWNSIDEPOTENTIAL - Calculate the downside potential of asset returns

OMEGAEXCESSRETURN - Calculate the Omega Excess Return

OMEGASHARPERATIO - Calculate the Omega-Sharpe ratio of asset returns

UPSIDEFREQUENCY - Calculate the upside frequency of asset returns

UPSIDEPOTENTIALRATIO - Calculate the Upside Potential Ratio

UPSIDERISK - Calculate the Upside Risk, Upside Variance or Upside Deviation.