Volatility report

Generated on 2025-10-19T12:30:36+00:00

Summary

The realized volatility estimators show an increasing trend over longer windows, indicating that market fluctuations have been more pronounced over extended periods. The volatility risk premium has been consistently positive, suggesting that the market's expected volatility is higher than the actual realized volatility. The Z-score for realized volatility is negative, indicating that current volatility levels are below the historical average.

Forecast

Given the current economic data and upcoming events, volatility is expected to remain relatively stable with a slight upward trend due to potential market reactions. Strategies leveraging the volatility risk premium may continue to benefit as the premium remains positive, indicating a persistent gap between expected and realized volatility.

Date Upcoming event
2025-10-23T12:30:00+00:00 Continuing Jobless Claims (Oct/11)
2025-10-24T13:45:00+00:00 S&P Global Manufacturing PMI (Oct)
2025-10-24T14:00:00+00:00 Michigan Consumer Sentiment (Oct)

Volatility analysis

Realized volatility (RV) boxplots

Realized volatility (RV) determined by various estimators

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Mean realized volatility over multiple windows

Mean realized volatility over multiple windows

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Z-score and VIX delta

Mean RV (22 days) vs ^VIX and Z-score

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GARCH(1,1) fit and forecast

Annualized volatility GARCH(1,1) and forecast

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