Managed Futures Risk Management


Cost Analysis

Calculate your investment costs relative to capital at risk and return. Tables below describe the information you get from the excel file. download the excel file.

Input Cells  
Billing Account size $100,000
Minimum Funding  $50,000
Margin (BAS) $30,000
Margin (MFL) $15,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data Input Last  $108,604 $58,604 $58,604   2
Date ROR $100,000 $50,000 $30,000 P&L  Count If 
Jan-99 3.04% $103,040.0 $53,040.0 $53,040.0 $3,040.0 1
Feb-99 5.40% $108,604.2 $58,604.2 $58,604.2 $5,564.2 2

 

 

 

 


Tables above are examples of data input. Directly below is the output table for evaluating return relative to cost at three different funding levels. Help files are written as comments, identified as "Read Me" in the excel file.

Data Output Cells   
Billing Account Funding Level  Margin Account 
BAStart: $100,000 FLStart: $50,000 MgnStart: $30,000
BALast: $108,604 FLLast: $58,604 MgnLast: $58,604
MgnBA: 30.0% MgnFL: 60.0% Mgn: 100.0%
CostBA: 0.9% Cost/FL: 1.8% Cost/Mgn: 3.0%
Total Cost: 0.15% Total Cost: 0.30% Total Cost: 0.50%
BA-Return: 8.6% FL-Return: 17.2% Mgn-Return: 95.35%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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