ShareVol · Volume · Datar, Naik and Radcliffe (1998)

Share Volume

Long minus short portfolio using the original paper's sort and weighting, market-adjusted. Quarterly, 1926Q3 to 2024Q4.

Expected return · posterior mean, % per quarter
Next quarter
1.07%
95% interval 0.12% to 1.93%
Next year
1.10%
95% interval 0.20% to 1.91%
Next five years
1.17%
95% interval 0.39% to 1.90%

OAP publishes no uniform quintile or decile portfolios for this signal, so only the paper's original portfolio convention is shown.

Cumulative market-adjusted return

+6,219% since 1926Q3 · log scale

Past performance, annualized

Window Mean Vol. Sharpe t
1926Q3–2024Q4 5.22% 14.16% 0.37 3.64
2020Q1–2024Q4 −5.66% 10.86% −0.52 −1.16
2024Q1–2024Q4 2.21% 10.04% 0.22 0.22

Forecast Sharpe ratio, per quarter

Horizon Mean 95% interval P(neg)
Next quarter 0.152 0.017 – 0.272 0.01
Next year 0.155 0.029 – 0.269 0.01
Next five years 0.165 0.055 – 0.269 0.00
Category
Volume
Form
Discrete
Data
Trading
Predicted sign
Negative
Original sample
1962–1991