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Risk & Portfolio

VaR Decomposition

Also called: marginal-var, component-var, incremental-var, diversified-var, undiversified-var

Breaking a portfolio's Value at Risk into where it comes from — which positions add risk (component and marginal VaR) and which offset it. It turns one number into a map of what to hedge.

Where this is taught

Definitions are the trailer. These free levels turn VaR Decomposition into something you play — one bite-size lesson, with worked examples, a quiz and XP.

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