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Polight As Spline ILLIQ Liquidity Analysis
Illiquidity prediction for Tuesday, July 28th, 2026
1 Day
3,343.40
decreased by 798.97
1 Week
3,945.67
decreased by 196.70
1 Month
5,643.96
increased by 1,501.59
Analysis last updated: Tuesday, July 28, 2026 at 08:18 PM UTC
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How illiquidity evolves over timeParameter Estimates
Oct 1, 2018 to Jul 24, 2026Model Insight
This model fits a time-varying baseline (a spline), so illiquidity mean-reverts toward a slowly-shifting long-run level rather than a constant. Short-run deviations decay with a half-life of 24 trading days.
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ILLIQ-SMEM Model
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| Parameter | Value | t-statistic |
|---|---|---|
ω const Unconditional variance weight | 1.2861 | 3.49*** |
α ARCH Response to squared shocks | 0.2697 | 5.52*** |
β GARCH Volatility persistence | 0.7022 | 14.28*** |
Spline Coefficients
K=8
| γ1 | -26.2561 | -6.17*** |
| γ2 | 52.1160 | 5.70*** |
| γ3 | -35.3481 | -4.89*** |
| γ4 | 10.0306 | 3.36*** |
| γ5 | -1.8696 | -1.27 |
| γ6 | 2.8212 | 2.47** |
| γ7 | -2.7821 | -2.54** |
| γ8 | 1.4619 | 1.13 |
Persistence:
0.972
Half-life:
24 days
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