Risk

What is the Sortino ratio?

The Sortino ratio is like Sharpe but focuses on downside volatility - punishing harmful swings more than upside bounce.

How StockIT helps you practice this

Downside hurts most in Panic. Risk/reward bar favors growth with lower harmful swings - Sortino spirit, game-simple UI.

In-game tip: “Sortino Ratio” — Like Sharpe ratio but only counts bad volatility, not good.

Try it with play money

  1. Open StockIT and tap GEN to refresh the market.
  2. Read the event and compare it with this idea.
  3. Choose Buy, Sell, or Wait using play money only.
  4. Review your portfolio bars and what changed.

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