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S&P / TSX 60 VIX Index CAD GAS-GARCH Student T Volatility Analysis

Volatility prediction for Friday, July 24th, 2026

1 Day

134.62%

increased by 20.60%

1 Week

133.31%

increased by 19.29%

1 Month

130.40%

increased by 16.38%

Analysis last updated: Friday, July 24, 2026 at 11:23 PM UTC

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News Impact Curve

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Volatility Forecast

How volatility evolves over time

Parameter Estimates

Jan 2, 2017 to Apr 4, 2025

Model Insight

Volatility shocks decay with a half-life of 7 trading days, meaning a shock loses half its impact after approximately 7 days. Returns follow a Student-t distribution with v = 3.80 degrees of freedom, capturing fatter tails than a normal distribution.

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GAS-GARCH-T Model

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ParameterValuet-statistic
ω

const

Unconditional variance weight

64.2136
6.98***
α

ARCH

Response to squared shocks

0.1294
13.33***
β

GARCH

Volatility persistence

0.8998
69.67***
ν

DF

Student-t tail thickness

3.7998
6.17***

Persistence:

0.900

Half-life:

7 days