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A noise-robust estimator of volatility based on interquantile ranges

A noise-robust estimator of volatility based on interquantile ranges This paper proposes a new class of estimators based on the interquantile range of intraday returns, referred to as interquantile range based volatility (IQRBV), to estimate the integrated daily volatility. More importantly and intuitively, it is shown that a properly chosen IQRBV is jump-free for its trimming of the intraday extreme two tails that utilize the range between symmetric quantiles. We exploit its approximation optimality by examining a general class of distributions from the Pearson type IV family and recommend using IQRBV.04 as the integrated variance estimate. Both our simulation and the empirical results highlight interesting features of the easy-to-implement and model-free IQRBV over the other competing estimators that are seen in the literature. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting Springer Journals

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2013 by Springer Science+Business Media New York
Subject
Economics / Management Science; Finance/Investment/Banking; Accounting/Auditing; Econometrics; Operations Research/Decision Theory
ISSN
0924-865X
eISSN
1573-7179
DOI
10.1007/s11156-013-0391-7
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Abstract

This paper proposes a new class of estimators based on the interquantile range of intraday returns, referred to as interquantile range based volatility (IQRBV), to estimate the integrated daily volatility. More importantly and intuitively, it is shown that a properly chosen IQRBV is jump-free for its trimming of the intraday extreme two tails that utilize the range between symmetric quantiles. We exploit its approximation optimality by examining a general class of distributions from the Pearson type IV family and recommend using IQRBV.04 as the integrated variance estimate. Both our simulation and the empirical results highlight interesting features of the easy-to-implement and model-free IQRBV over the other competing estimators that are seen in the literature.

Journal

Review of Quantitative Finance and AccountingSpringer Journals

Published: Aug 2, 2013

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