Volatility estimation from short time series of stock prices

We consider estimation of the historicalvolatility of stock prices. It is assumed that the stock prices arerepresented as time series formed as samples of the solution of astochastic differential equation with random and time varyingparameters; these parameters are not observable directly and haveun...

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Main Author: Dokuchaev, Nikolai
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40232
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description We consider estimation of the historicalvolatility of stock prices. It is assumed that the stock prices arerepresented as time series formed as samples of the solution of astochastic differential equation with random and time varyingparameters; these parameters are not observable directly and haveunknown evolution law. The price samples are available with limitedfrequency only. In this setting, the estimation has to be based onshort time series, and the estimation error can be significant. Wesuggest some supplements to the existing non-parametric methods ofvolatility estimation. Two modifications of the standard summationformula for the volatility are derived. In addition, a lineartransformation eliminating the appreciation rate and preserving thevolatility is suggested.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-402322017-09-13T13:59:39Z Volatility estimation from short time series of stock prices Dokuchaev, Nikolai volatility - estimation non-parametric estimation short time series econometrics We consider estimation of the historicalvolatility of stock prices. It is assumed that the stock prices arerepresented as time series formed as samples of the solution of astochastic differential equation with random and time varyingparameters; these parameters are not observable directly and haveunknown evolution law. The price samples are available with limitedfrequency only. In this setting, the estimation has to be based onshort time series, and the estimation error can be significant. Wesuggest some supplements to the existing non-parametric methods ofvolatility estimation. Two modifications of the standard summationformula for the volatility are derived. In addition, a lineartransformation eliminating the appreciation rate and preserving thevolatility is suggested. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40232 10.1080/10485252.2013.844805 Taylor & Francis fulltext
spellingShingle volatility - estimation
non-parametric estimation
short time series
econometrics
Dokuchaev, Nikolai
Volatility estimation from short time series of stock prices
title Volatility estimation from short time series of stock prices
title_full Volatility estimation from short time series of stock prices
title_fullStr Volatility estimation from short time series of stock prices
title_full_unstemmed Volatility estimation from short time series of stock prices
title_short Volatility estimation from short time series of stock prices
title_sort volatility estimation from short time series of stock prices
topic volatility - estimation
non-parametric estimation
short time series
econometrics
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/40232