Research Article

Risk Estimation in Exchange Rate Markets Based on Stochastic Copula Approach

Table 5

Backtesting of VaR forecasts at 99% confidence level.

Estimation methodExceeds of VaRExceeds of CoVaR (P-value) (P-value)

Portfolio 1: USD/TRY–EUR/TRY
Static t copula970.20352 (0.65188)3.10763 (0.21143)0.00525
Stochastic-normal960.20352 (0.64188)3.10763 (0.21143)0.00414
Stochastic-gumbel1070.62222 (0.43022)3.12586 (0.20952)0.00494
Stochastic-frank1070.62222 (0.43022)3.12586 (0.20952)0.00548
Stochastic-rotGumbel850.01013 (0.91980)3.37601 (0.18488)0.00390
Historical simulation19811.83104 (0.00058)18.64638 (<0.001)0.01370
Variance-covariance251024.58674 (<0.001)28.47479 (<0.001)0.01686

Portfolio 2: USD/TRY–JPY/TRY
Static t copula860.01013 (0.91980)3.37601 (0.18488)0.00288
Stochastic-normal870.01013 (0.91980)3.37601 (0.18488)0.02439
Stochastic-gumbel870.01013 (0.91980)3.37601 (0.18488)0.00293
Stochastic-clayton740.07001 (0.79130)3.97508 (0.13703)0.00223
Stochastic-frank1070.62222 (0.43022)3.12586 (0.20952)0.00343
Stochastic-rotgumbel740.07001 (0.79130)3.97508 (0.13703)0.00225
Stochastic-rotclayton1162.19791 (0.13819)2.23963 (0.32633)0.00475
Historical simulation1484.15854 (0.04142)14.46645 (<0.001)0.01031
Variance-covariance1595.43664 (0.01971)15.07623 (<0.001)0.01066

Portfolio 3: EUR/TRY–JPY/TRY
Static t copula860.01013 (0.91980)3.37601 (0.18488)0.00355
Stochastic-normal860.01013 (0.91980)3.37601 (0.18488)0.00273
Stochastic-gumbel870.01013 (0.91980)3.37601 (0.18488)0.00349
Stochastic-frank870.01013 (0.91980)3.37601 (0.18488)0.00373
Stochastic-rotgumbel850.01013 (0.91980)3.37601 (0.18488)0.00250
Historical simulation1383.02607 (0.08193)14.48208 (<0.001)0.01086
Variance-covariance181010.05496 (<0.001)17.49497 (<0.001)0.01305