问题如下:
Suppose that the observations on a stock price (in USD) at the close of trading on 15 consecutive days are 40.2, 40.0, 41.1, 41.0, 40.2, 42.3, 43.1, 43.4, 42.9, 41.8, 43.7, 44.3, 44.4, 44.8, and 45.1. Estimate the daily volatility.
解释:
The 14 daily returns are –0.498%, 2.75%, –2.43%, …. The average of the squared returns is 0.000534, and the volatility estimate is the square root of this or 2.31%.