iShares SAMPPTSX Capped Etf Volatility

XMA Etf  CAD 41.77  1.42  3.52%   
iShares SAMPPTSX Capped continues to exhibit above-average price volatility over the last 3 months. Its Sharpe ratio is -8.0E-4, indicating negative risk-adjusted returns over the last 3 months. The current setup includes 29 technical indicators relevant to risk behavior.

Sharpe Ratio = -8.0E-4

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Estimated Market Risk

 3.05
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Expected Return

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Risk-Adjusted Return

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Latest disclosures for iShares SAMPPTSX Capped show a Market Risk Adjusted Performance of 0.1%, a Risk of 3.05, and a Risk Adjusted Performance of 0.03%. Based on monthly moving average, IShares SAMPPTSX is not performing at its full potential. A well-diversified portfolio allocation may improve risk-adjusted returns for IShares SAMPPTSX.
Key indicators related to IShares SAMPPTSX's volatility include:
90 Days Market Risk
Chance Of Distress
90 Days Economic Sensitivity
IShares SAMPPTSX Etf volatility depicts how high the prices fluctuate around the mean price. Higher volatility implies greater uncertainty about IShares SAMPPTSX's future price, while lower volatility suggests more predictable behavior.
  

Volatility Strategy

iShares SAMPPTSX Capped price volatility may influence cost basis positioning and portfolio weighting over time. Price retracements and recoveries can alter allocation balance. Current statistical measures show total volatility near 3.05% with a beta coefficient of 1.44, indicating sensitivity relative to the broader market benchmark. Risk-adjusted efficiency, represented by a Sharpe ratio of -8.0E-4, evaluates return per unit of total risk. An alpha value of 0.17 reflects performance relative to systematic market exposure. Expected return estimates near -0.0024% are derived from historical distribution modeling and help frame forward-looking return assumptions within a portfolio context. Premium/discount behavior may widen during stress.

Main indicators related to IShares SAMPPTSX's market risk premium analysis include:

 Beta
1.44
 Alpha
0.17
 Risk
3.05
 Sharpe Ratio
-0.0008
 Expected Return
-0.0024

Moving together with IShares Etf

  0.93XBM iShares SAMPPTSX GlobalPairCorr
  0.93MXF CI First AssetPairCorr
  0.92ZMT BMO SAMPPTSX EqualPairCorr
  0.82CTMC CI Target 2030PairCorr
  0.61ZEUS BMO Shiller SelectPairCorr

Moving against IShares Etf

  0.83HXD BetaPro SAMPPTSXPairCorr
  0.47HED BetaPro SAMPPTSX CappedPairCorr

Sensitivity To Market

IShares SAMPPTSX beta coefficient measures the volatility of IShares etf relative to the systematic risk of the overall market benchmark. Mathematically, beta represents the slope of the regression line comparing IShares returns against market returns. A beta of 1.44 indicates the degree of sensitivity to market-wide movements. Current total volatility is approximately 3.05%.iShares SAMPPTSX Capped has shown noticeable price swings over the selected period. Downside deviation is about 3.98% and standard deviation is about 2.93%, which summarize how widely returns have moved. ETF dispersion can change when liquidity shifts in the underlying holdings or when spreads widen. Premium/discount to NAV is often expressed as (Price − NAV) / NAV × 100 when NAV is available.
Check current 90 days IShares SAMPPTSX correlation with market (Dow Jones Industrial)
α0.17   β1.44
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Check current 90 days IShares SAMPPTSX correlation with market (Dow Jones Industrial)

Downside Risk

IShares standard deviation measures the daily dispersion of prices over your selected time horizon relative to its mean. High standard deviation indicates a volatile instrument; low standard deviation indicates a more stable one.
Standard Deviation
    
  3.05  
It is essential to understand the difference between upside risk and downside risk for IShares SAMPPTSX. Standard deviation measures total volatility including favorable moves, while downside deviation isolates the loss risk in IShares SAMPPTSX's daily returns. Latest disclosures for iShares SAMPPTSX Capped show a Downside Deviation of 3.98, a Downside Variance of 15.81, and a Maximum Drawdown of 13.90.

Etf Volatility Analysis

Volatility refers to the frequency at which IShares SAMPPTSX etf price increases or decreases within a specified period. It is generally measured from either the standard deviation or variance between returns from that same etf.
Transformation
This analysis covers sixty-one data points across the selected time horizon. iShares SAMPPTSX Capped Average Price is the average of the sum of open, high, low and close daily prices of a bar. It can be used to smooth an indicator that normally takes just the closing price as input.

Projected Return Density Against Market

Assuming the 90-day trading horizon IShares SAMPPTSX has a beta of 1.4428 . This entails as the benchmark fluctuates upward, the ETF is expected to outperform it on average. However, if the benchmark returns are projected to be negative, IShares SAMPPTSX will likely underperform.
IShares SAMPPTSX is exposed to both systematic and unsystematic risk. Systematic risk reflects broader etf market movements, while company or sector-specific developments represent nonmarket drivers. Diversification may reduce specific risk, but market exposure remains. Beta and standard deviation help quantify volatility. Latest disclosures for iShares SAMPPTSX Capped show a Downside Deviation of 3.98, a Mean Deviation of 2.13, and a Semi Deviation of 3.80.
IShares SAMPPTSX Capped has an alpha of 0.1696, implying that it can generate a 0.1696 percent excess return over Dow Jones Industrial after adjusting for the inherent market risk (beta).
   Predicted Return Distribution   
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IShares SAMPPTSX's volatility is typically evaluated with standard deviation and beta. Standard deviation reflects how far IShares SAMPPTSX's returns usually move from the mean over the selected horizon.

What Drives IShares SAMPPTSX's Price Volatility?

Industry Dynamics

Regulatory updates, demand shifts, and competitive changes in the iShares sector can move IShares SAMPPTSX's volatility even when broad indices are stable.

Political and Economic Environment

Rates, inflation expectations, and policy headlines can shift discount rates and risk appetite for IShares SAMPPTSX.

IShares SAMPPTSX's Company-Specific Factors

Earnings surprises, guidance changes, management decisions, and litigation risk are common catalysts for sharp re-pricing in IShares SAMPPTSX's shares.

Etf Risk Measures

Assuming the 90-day trading horizon the coefficient of variation of IShares SAMPPTSX is -126189.45. The daily returns are distributed with a variance of 9.27 and standard deviation of 3.05. The mean deviation of iShares SAMPPTSX Capped is currently at 2.25. For similar time horizon, the selected benchmark (Dow Jones Industrial) has volatility of 0.82
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Alpha over Dow Jones
0.17
β
Beta against Dow Jones1.44
σ
Overall volatility
3.05
Ir
Information ratio 0.05

Etf Return Volatility

IShares SAMPPTSX historical daily return volatility represents how much of IShares SAMPPTSX etf's daily returns swing around its mean - it is a statistical measure of its dispersion of returns. The ETF reported 3.0454% volatility on return distribution over a 90-day investment horizon. By contrast, Dow Jones Industrial has volatility of 0.8483% on return distribution over a 90-day investment horizon.
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Related Correlations Analysis


Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.

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High negative correlations

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IShares SAMPPTSX Constituents Risk-Adjusted Indicators

Strong recent returns in IShares Etf do not always mean IShares SAMPPTSX ETF is outperforming peers on business quality. Risk-adjusted metrics help compare IShares SAMPPTSX's efficiency and downside exposure against peers on a like-for-like basis. These indicators are quantitative in nature and help investors evaluate volatility and risk-adjusted expected returns across different positions.

Risk Metrics, Assumptions & Methodology

Volatility for IShares SAMPPTSX reflects price dispersion, spread stability, and underlying basket liquidity conditions. Higher dispersion implies wider price swings across observed periods.

Unless otherwise specified, data for iShares SAMPPTSX Capped is compiled from fund disclosures and market reference feeds and standardized for comparability. Updates may occur throughout the day. Volatility and downside metrics are estimated from historical return dispersion.

This content is curated and reviewed by:

Raphi Shpitalnik - Junior Member of Macroaxis Editorial Board
Last reviewed on March 13th, 2026

IShares SAMPPTSX Investment Opportunity

Measured over the selected horizon, iShares SAMPPTSX Capped carries roughly 3.59 times the return volatility of Dow Jones Industrial. The higher-risk profile should usually be reviewed beside Sharpe Ratio, downside risk, and catalyst strength before the position is sized up.You can use iShares SAMPPTSX Capped to enhance the returns of the portfolio. This directional read frames the latest price swing through a simple momentum and follow-through lens. It works best as a directional cue rather than as a standalone forecast. an unexpected upward trend. Watch out for market signals. Check odds of IShares SAMPPTSX to be traded at C$50.12 in 90 days.
Weak diversification
IShares SAMPPTSX currently posts a 0.42 correlation with Dow Jones, indicating a Weak diversification relationship for the active sample. In portfolio terms, the overlap shows how much shared movement remains after combining both positions.

IShares SAMPPTSX Additional Risk Indicators

Looking at additional risk metrics for iShares SAMPPTSX Capped frames how the position may behave under different market and portfolio conditions. The practical goal is to identify how much risk is being accepted and whether that risk still fits the thesis.

IShares SAMPPTSX Suggested Diversification Pairs

Pair trading with IShares SAMPPTSX can help investors hedge some company-specific exposure by balancing a long view with an offsetting position. The key question is whether the second leg adds real hedge value instead of just creating a more complex version of the same risk.
The effect of pair diversification on risk is to reduce it, but we should note this doesn't apply to all risk types. When we trade pairs against IShares SAMPPTSX as a counterpart, there is always some inherent risk that will never be diversified away no matter what. This volatility limits the effect of tactical diversification using pair trading. IShares SAMPPTSX's systematic risk is the inherent uncertainty of the entire market, and therefore cannot be mitigated even by pair-trading it against the equity that is not highly correlated to it. On the other hand, IShares SAMPPTSX's unsystematic risk describes the types of risk that we can protect against, at least to some degree, by selecting a matching pair that is not perfectly correlated to iShares SAMPPTSX Capped.

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