cumulative.py 文件源码

def calculate_beta(self):
        """

        .. math::

            \\beta_a = \\frac{\mathrm{Cov}(r_a,r_p)}{\mathrm{Var}(r_p)}

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_(finance)
        """
        # it doesn't make much sense to calculate beta for less than two
        # values, so return none.
        if len(self.algorithm_returns) < 2:
            return 0.0

        returns_matrix = np.vstack([self.algorithm_returns,
                                    self.benchmark_returns])
        C = np.cov(returns_matrix, ddof=1)
        algorithm_covariance = C[0][1]
        benchmark_variance = C[1][1]
        beta = algorithm_covariance / benchmark_variance

        return beta