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BDI Baltic Exchange Dry Index GAS-GARCH Student T Volatility Analysis

Volatility prediction for Friday, October 30th, 2026

1 Day

33.13%

increased by 5.08%

1 Week

33.36%

increased by 5.31%

1 Month

34.23%

increased by 6.18%

Analysis last updated: Friday, October 30, 2026 at 06:36 PM UTC

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graph of BDI Baltic Exchange Dry Index GAS-GARCH-T

News Impact Curve

How returns affect tomorrow's volatility

Volatility Forecast

How volatility evolves over time

Parameter Estimates

Jan 1, 1990 to Oct 22, 2026

Model Insight

With persistence 0.998, volatility shocks have a half-life of 347 trading days (~1.4 years), close to a unit root, so long-run forecasts are highly sensitive to this estimate. Returns follow a Student-t distribution with v = 8.59 degrees of freedom, capturing fatter tails than a normal distribution.

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GAS-GARCH-T Model

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High persistence: persistence 0.998, shock half-life ~347 daysv = 8.59 · fat tails
ParamValuet-stat
ωlong-run19.3358
2.51**
αscore0.3279
25.45***
βpersistence0.9980
1,276.22***
νDF8.5892
5.21***

0.998

Persistence

347d

Half-life
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GAS-GARCH-T Model

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ParameterValuet-statistic
ω

long-run

Long-run variance given a price move

19.3358
2.51**
α

score

Weight on the scaled score

0.3279
25.45***
β

persistence

Volatility persistence

0.9980
1,276.22***
ν

DF

Student-t tail thickness

8.5892
5.21***

Persistence:

0.998

Half-life:

347 days