On Jan 29, 2010, at 4:54 PM, anna wrote:


I was trying to avoid the code because I wanted to simplify it but here we
go:

mat2<- matrix(nrow = 30, ncol = 7)
      colnames(mat2) <-c( "A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G")

mat1<-mainMat[1,]

I get mainMat[1,] from the following function:

ComputeSignalReturns <- function(vec1, prices){
      removingNA <-  as.matrix(removeNA(cbind(prices,vec1)))
      prices<-as.matrix(removingNA[,1])
      vec1<- as.matrix(removingNA[,2])
      nbDays <- length(vec1)
      returnsOneDay <- abs(vec1[1:(nbDays - 1)]) *
((as.ts(lag(prices,1))/as.ts(prices)) ^vec1[1:nbDays -       1)] - 1)
      returnsOneDay<-as.matrix(cbind(vec1[1:(nbDays -
1)],returnsOneDay)[which(vec1[1:(nbDays -          1)]! =0),2])
      returnsOneDayAnnualized <- as.matrix(apply(returnsOneDay,1,
Return.annualized,scale=252,geometric=FALSE))
      returnsTwoDays <- abs(vec1[1:(nbDays - 2)]) *
((as.ts(lag(prices,2))/as.ts(prices))^vec1[1:(nbDays - 2)] - 1)
      returnsTwoDays<-as.matrix(cbind(vec1[1:(nbDays -
2)],returnsTwoDays)[which(vec1[1:(nbDays - 2)]!=0),2])
      returnsTwoDaysAnnualized <- as.matrix(apply(returnsTwoDays,1,
Return.annualized,scale=252/2,geometric=FALSE))
      returnsThreeDays <- abs(vec1[1:(nbDays - 3)]) *
((as.ts(lag(prices,3))/as.ts(prices))^vec1[1:(nbDays - 3)] - 1)
      returnsThreeDays<-as.matrix(cbind(vec1[1:(nbDays -
3)],returnsThreeDays)[which(vec1[1:(nbDays - 3)]!=0),2])
returnsThreeDaysAnnualized <- as.matrix(apply(returnsThreeDays, 1,
Return.annualized,scale=252/3,geometric=FALSE))
      returnsFiveDays <- abs(vec1[1:(nbDays - 5)]) *
((as.ts(lag(prices,5))/as.ts(prices))^vec1[1:(nbDays - 5)] - 1)
      returnsFiveDays<-as.matrix(cbind(vec1[1:(nbDays -
5)],returnsFiveDays)[which(vec1[1:(nbDays - 5)]!=0),2])
      returnsFiveDaysAnnualized <- as.matrix(apply(returnsFiveDays,1,
Return.annualized,scale=252/5,geometric=FALSE))
      returns <- list(returnsOneDay, returnsTwoDays, returnsThreeDays,
returnsFiveDays)
      returnsAnnualized <- list( returnsOneDayAnnualized,
returnsTwoDaysAnnualized, returnsThreeDaysAnnualized,
returnsFiveDaysAnnualized)


      avgReturn <- data.matrix(data.frame(lapply(returns,  mean)))
      cumReturn <- data.matrix(data.frame(lapply(returns, sum)))
      volReturn<- data.matrix(data.frame(lapply(returns, sd)))
      sharpeRatio <-
as.matrix((as.numeric(data.matrix(data.frame(lapply(returnsAnnualized,
mean))) - rep(0.0025,4)) / as.numeric( matrix(lapply(returnsAnnualized,
sd)))))
      nbSignals <- data.matrix(data.frame(lapply(returns,  length)))

nbPositives<- list (returnsOneDay [which (returnsOneDay > 0 )],returnsTwoDays [which (returnsTwoDays > 0 )],returnsThreeDays [which(returnsThreeDays>0)],returnsFiveDays[which(returnsFiveDays>0)]) nbPositives<- t(data.matrix(data.frame(lapply(nbPositives,length)))) posRatio<- matrix( as.numeric(nbPositives) / as.numeric(nbSignals))
      summary<- matrix(cbind(avgReturn, cumReturn, volReturn,
sharpeRatio,nbSignals,nbPositives,posRatio),nrow = 4, ncol = 7,
dimnames=list(c("one day", "two days", "three days", "five days"),c("A",
"B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G")))
      return( summary)
 }

I hope it won't be confusing...

Wouldn't it have been much more simple to just show us the output of...

dput(ComputeSignalReturns)   # ?   or...
dput(mainMat)

I do not see any one plowing through that obscure code with no data to work with.


--

David Winsemius, MD
Heritage Laboratories
West Hartford, CT

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