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Warsaw Stock Exchange WIG Total Return Index GAS-GARCH Student T Volatility Analysis

Volatility prediction for Friday, October 23rd, 2026

1 Day

20.13%

increased by 1.14%

1 Week

20.20%

increased by 1.21%

1 Month

20.47%

increased by 1.48%

Analysis last updated: Friday, October 23, 2026 at 05:53 PM UTC

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graph of Warsaw Stock Exchange WIG Total Return Index GAS-GARCH-T

News Impact Curve

How returns affect tomorrow's volatility

Volatility Forecast

How volatility evolves over time

Parameter Estimates

Apr 17, 1991 to Oct 16, 2026

Model Insight

With persistence 0.994, volatility shocks have a half-life of 114 trading days (~0.5 years), close to a unit root, so long-run forecasts are highly sensitive to this estimate. Returns follow a Student-t distribution with v = 3.46 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 0.994, shock half-life ~114 daysv = 3.46 · fat tails
ParamValuet-stat
ωlong-run2.6362
2.76***
αscore0.0540
20.28***
βpersistence0.9940
379.52***
νDF3.4574
23.04***

0.994

Persistence

114d

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

2.6362
2.76***
α

score

Weight on the scaled score

0.0540
20.28***
β

persistence

Volatility persistence

0.9940
379.52***
ν

DF

Student-t tail thickness

3.4574
23.04***

Persistence:

0.994

Half-life:

114 days