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stats·Statistics & risk

Sharpe

(Excess return) / (return volatility). Useful but easily fooled — see DSR for the deflated version that survives p-hacking.

formula
SR = (E[R] − rf) / σ(R)

How the desk uses this

Statistics and risk terms like this one are the backbone of how the desk sizes positions and reports edge — not vibes, math.

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