VaR - You manage a trading desk with 100M trading capital. Over the last five years your desk demonstrated a daily mean return of 0.20% and daily standard deviation of of 2%. For the worst 0.1% and 1% of days, under the assumption of normal distribution, what amount do you expect to lose? b. For the best 0.1% and 1% of days, how much do you expect to make?

This question is from a Econometrics class, that focuses more on the finance aspect of Economics.

Standard Normal Cumulative Probability Table Cumulative probabilities for NEGATIVE z-values are shown in the following table: z -3.4 -3.3 -3.2 -3.1 -3.0 0.00 0.0003 0.0005 0.0007 0.0010 0.0013 0.01 0.0003 0.0005 0.0007 0.0009 0.0013 0.02 0.0003 0.0005 0.0006 0.0009 0.0013 0.03 0.0003 0.0004 0.0006 0.0009 0.0012 0.04 0.0003 0.0004 0.0006 0.0008 0.0012 0.05 0.0003 0.0004 0.0006 0.0008 0.0011 0.06 0.0003 0.0004 0.0006 0.0008 0.0011 0.07 0.0003 0.0004 0.0005 0.0008 0.0011 0.08 0.0003 0.0004 0.0005 0.0007 0.0010 0.09 0.0002 0.0003 0.0005 0.0007 0.0010 -2.9 -2.8 -2.7 -2.6 -2.5 0.0019 0.0026 0.0035 0.0047 0.0062 0.0018 0.0025 0.0034 0.0045 0.0060 0.0018 0.0024 0.0033 0.0044 0.0059 0.0017 0.0023 0.0032 0.0043 0.0057 0.0016 0.0023 0.0031 0.0041 0.0055 0.0016 0.0022 0.0030 0.0040 0.0054 0.0015 0.0021 0.0029 0.0039 0.0052 0.0015 0.0021 0.0028 0.0038 0.0051 0.0014 0.0020 0.0027 0.0037 0.0049 0.0014 0.0019 0.0026 0.0036 0.0048 -2.4 -2.3 -2.2 -2.1 -2.0 0.0082 0.0107 0.0139 0.0179 0.0228 0.0080 0.0104 0.0136 0.0174 0.0222 0.0078 0.0102 0.0132 0.0170 0.0217 0.0075 0.0099 0.0129 0.0166 0.0212 0.0073 0.0096 0.0125 0.0162 0.0207 0.0071 0.0094 0.0122 0.0158 0.0202 0.0069 0.0091 0.0119 0.0154 0.0197 0.0068 0.0089 0.0116 0.0150 0.0192 0.0066 0.0087 0.0113 0.0146 0.0188 0.0064 0.0084 0.0110 0.0143 0.0183 -1.9 -1.8 -1.7 -1.6 -1.5 0.0287 0.0359 0.0446 0.0548 0.0668 0.0281 0.0351 0.0436 0.0537 0.0655 0.0274 0.0344 0.0427 0.0526 0.0643 0.0268 0.0336 0.0418 0.0516 0.0630 0.0262 0.0329 0.0409 0.0505 0.0618 0.0256 0.0322 0.0401 0.0495 0.0606 0.0250 0.0314 0.0392 0.0485 0.0594 0.0244 0.0307 0.0384 0.0475 0.0582 0.0239 0.0301 0.0375 0.0465 0.0571 0.0233 0.0294 0.0367 0.0455 0.0559 -1.4 -1.3 -1.2 -1.1 -1.0 0.0808 0.0968 0.1151 0.1357 0.1587 0.0793 0.0951 0.1131 0.1335 0.1562 0.0778 0.0934 0.1112 0.1314 0.1539 0.0764 0.0918 0.1093 0.1292 0.1515 0.0749 0.0901 0.1075 0.1271 0.1492 0.0735 0.0885 0.1056 0.1251 0.1469 0.0721 0.0869 0.1038 0.1230 0.1446 0.0708 0.0853 0.1020 0.1210 0.1423 0.0694 0.0838 0.1003 0.1190 0.1401 0.0681 0.0823 0.0985 0.1170 0.1379 -0.9 -0.8 -0.7 -0.6 -0.5 0.1841 0.2119 0.2420 0.2743 0.3085 0.1814 0.2090 0.2389 0.2709 0.3050 0.1788 0.2061 0.2358 0.2676 0.3015 0.1762 0.2033 0.2327 0.2643 0.2981 0.1736 0.2005 0.2296 0.2611 0.2946 0.1711 0.1977 0.2266 0.2578 0.2912 0.1685 0.1949 0.2236 0.2546 0.2877 0.1660 0.1922 0.2206 0.2514 0.2843 0.1635 0.1894 0.2177 0.2483 0.2810 0.1611 0.1867 0.2148 0.2451 0.2776 -0.4 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0.0 0.3446 0.3821 0.4207 0.4602 0.5000 0.3409 0.3783 0.4168 0.4562 0.4960 0.3372 0.3745 0.4129 0.4522 0.4920 0.3336 0.3707 0.4090 0.4483 0.4880 0.3300 0.3669 0.4052 0.4443 0.4840 0.3264 0.3632 0.4013 0.4404 0.4801 0.3228 0.3594 0.3974 0.4364 0.4761 0.3192 0.3557 0.3936 0.4325 0.4721 0.3156 0.3520 0.3897 0.4286 0.4681 0.3121 0.3483 0.3859 0.4247 0.4641 Standard Normal Cumulative Probability Table Cumulative probabilities for POSITIVE z-values are shown in the following table: z 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.00 0.5000 0.5398 0.5793 0.6179 0.6554 0.01 0.5040 0.5438 0.5832 0.6217 0.6591 0.02 0.5080 0.5478 0.5871 0.6255 0.6628 0.03 0.5120 0.5517 0.5910 0.6293 0.6664 0.04 0.5160 0.5557 0.5948 0.6331 0.6700 0.05 0.5199 0.5596 0.5987 0.6368 0.6736 0.06 0.5239 0.5636 0.6026 0.6406 0.6772 0.07 0.5279 0.5675 0.6064 0.6443 0.6808 0.08 0.5319 0.5714 0.6103 0.6480 0.6844 0.09 0.5359 0.5753 0.6141 0.6517 0.6879 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.6915 0.7257 0.7580 0.7881 0.8159 0.6950 0.7291 0.7611 0.7910 0.8186 0.6985 0.7324 0.7642 0.7939 0.8212 0.7019 0.7357 0.7673 0.7967 0.8238 0.7054 0.7389 0.7704 0.7995 0.8264 0.7088 0.7422 0.7734 0.8023 0.8289 0.7123 0.7454 0.7764 0.8051 0.8315 0.7157 0.7486 0.7794 0.8078 0.8340 0.7190 0.7517 0.7823 0.8106 0.8365 0.7224 0.7549 0.7852 0.8133 0.8389 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 0.8413 0.8643 0.8849 0.9032 0.9192 0.8438 0.8665 0.8869 0.9049 0.9207 0.8461 0.8686 0.8888 0.9066 0.9222 0.8485 0.8708 0.8907 0.9082 0.9236 0.8508 0.8729 0.8925 0.9099 0.9251 0.8531 0.8749 0.8944 0.9115 0.9265 0.8554 0.8770 0.8962 0.9131 0.9279 0.8577 0.8790 0.8980 0.9147 0.9292 0.8599 0.8810 0.8997 0.9162 0.9306 0.8621 0.8830 0.9015 0.9177 0.9319 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 0.9332 0.9452 0.9554 0.9641 0.9713 0.9345 0.9463 0.9564 0.9649 0.9719 0.9357 0.9474 0.9573 0.9656 0.9726 0.9370 0.9484 0.9582 0.9664 0.9732 0.9382 0.9495 0.9591 0.9671 0.9738 0.9394 0.9505 0.9599 0.9678 0.9744 0.9406 0.9515 0.9608 0.9686 0.9750 0.9418 0.9525 0.9616 0.9693 0.9756 0.9429 0.9535 0.9625 0.9699 0.9761 0.9441 0.9545 0.9633 0.9706 0.9767 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 0.9772 0.9821 0.9861 0.9893 0.9918 0.9778 0.9826 0.9864 0.9896 0.9920 0.9783 0.9830 0.9868 0.9898 0.9922 0.9788 0.9834 0.9871 0.9901 0.9925 0.9793 0.9838 0.9875 0.9904 0.9927 0.9798 0.9842 0.9878 0.9906 0.9929 0.9803 0.9846 0.9881 0.9909 0.9931 0.9808 0.9850 0.9884 0.9911 0.9932 0.9812 0.9854 0.9887 0.9913 0.9934 0.9817 0.9857 0.9890 0.9916 0.9936 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 0.9938 0.9953 0.9965 0.9974 0.9981 0.9940 0.9955 0.9966 0.9975 0.9982 0.9941 0.9956 0.9967 0.9976 0.9982 0.9943 0.9957 0.9968 0.9977 0.9983 0.9945 0.9959 0.9969 0.9977 0.9984 0.9946 0.9960 0.9970 0.9978 0.9984 0.9948 0.9961 0.9971 0.9979 0.9985 0.9949 0.9962 0.9972 0.9979 0.9985 0.9951 0.9963 0.9973 0.9980 0.9986 0.9952 0.9964 0.9974 0.9981 0.9986 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 0.9987 0.9990 0.9993 0.9995 0.9997 0.9987 0.9991 0.9993 0.9995 0.9997 0.9987 0.9991 0.9994 0.9995 0.9997 0.9988 0.9991 0.9994 0.9996 0.9997 0.9988 0.9992 0.9994 0.9996 0.9997 0.9989 0.9992 0.9994 0.9996 0.9997 0.9989 0.9992 0.9994 0.9996 0.9997 0.9989 0.9992 0.9995 0.9996 0.9997 0.9990 0.9993 0.9995 0.9996 0.9997 0.9990 0.9993 0.9995 0.9997 0.9998