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In-Sample and Out-of-Sample Sharpe Ratios for Linear Predictive Models

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  • Antoine Jacquier
  • Johannes Muhle-Karbe
  • Joseph Mulligan

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We study how much the in-sample performance of trading strategies based on linear predictive models is reduced out-of-sample due to overfitting. More specifically, we compute the in- and out-of-sample means and variances of the corresponding PnLs and use these to derive a closed-form approximation for the corresponding Sharpe ratios. We find that the out-of-sample ``replication ratio'' diminishes for complex strategies with many assets and based on many weak rather than a few strong trading signals, and increases when more training data is used. The substantial quantitative importance of these effects is illustrated with an empirical case study for commodity futures following the methodology of Garleanu-Pedersen.

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  • Antoine Jacquier & Johannes Muhle-Karbe & Joseph Mulligan, 2025. "In-Sample and Out-of-Sample Sharpe Ratios for Linear Predictive Models," Papers 2501.03938, arXiv.org.
    • Handle: RePEc:arx:papers:2501.03938
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