. But if you don't know the concept sure you can't build such a plant. So Optimal F is useful new concept compared to the old VAR preconised by the "officials" risk theoricians from JP Morgan School but VAR is now known to be poor risk concept. So Optimal is a progress compared to VAR but the problem in Optimal lies in practical determination of the real value. Just the same problem you have if you want to determine the true average of a population from samples: you will never get the true value although it exists.Quote from swoop[TR]:
Just finished Ralph Vince's last book (1995) on the notorious Optimal F, I don't really know what to think of it, it seems like it could really hurt more than help your capital/risk management.
Would anyone like to share any ideas that they have on the book / concept?