Finance · 2026
Risk Metrics Explainer
Designed and shipped an interactive explainer that turns abstract portfolio-risk concepts into manipulable scenarios. The app helps readers see how Sharpe ratio, VaR, CVaR, Sortino ratio, and max drawdown respond to changing assumptions instead of encountering the metrics as static textbook definitions.
The problem
Abstract portfolio-risk metrics are difficult to understand when they are presented only as static textbook definitions.
Constraints
- Explain several risk measures without flattening their differences
- Keep the relationships between assumptions and outcomes visible
Approach
- Turned Sharpe ratio, VaR, CVaR, Sortino ratio, and max drawdown into manipulable scenarios
- Used direct interaction to expose how each metric responds to changing assumptions
Results
- Converted a dense risk-education topic into a hands-on learning tool
- Made portfolio trade-offs legible in minutes