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Risk and position sizing

Kelly, fractional Kelly, drawdown control, and the math of not blowing up.

CitationPaperAccessDifficultyScore
Vince (2019)Expectation and Optimal f: Expected Growth with and without Reinvestment for Discretely-Distributed Outcomes of Finite Length
SSRN Working Paper
FreeTechnical0
Bailey & Prado (2014)Drawdown-Based Stop-Outs and the 'Triple Penance' Rule
Journal of Risk
FreeModerate0
MacLean et al. (2010)Long-term Capital Growth: The Good and Bad Properties of the Kelly and Fractional Kelly Capital Growth Criteria
Quantitative Finance
PaywalledModerate0
Thorp (2006)The Kelly Criterion in Blackjack, Sports Betting, and the Stock Market
Handbook of Asset and Liability Management, Volume 1 (Elsevier)
FreeModerate0
Chekhlov et al. (2005)Drawdown Measure in Portfolio Optimization
International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance
PaywalledTechnical0
Grossman & Zhou (1993)Optimal Investment Strategies for Controlling Drawdowns
Mathematical Finance
PaywalledTechnical0
Rotando & Thorp (1992)The Kelly Criterion and the Stock Market
American Mathematical Monthly
PaywalledModerate0
Samuelson (1971)The 'Fallacy' of Maximizing the Geometric Mean in Long Sequences of Investing or Gambling
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
FreeTechnical0
Jr. (1956)A New Interpretation of Information Rate
Bell System Technical Journal
PaywalledTechnical0
Markowitz (1952)Portfolio Selection
Journal of Finance
PaywalledModerate0