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South African Rand GAS-GARCH Student T Volatility Analysis

Volatility prediction for Friday, October 30th, 2026

1 Day

7.43%

decreased by 0.28%

1 Week

7.47%

decreased by 0.24%

1 Month

7.61%

decreased by 0.10%

Analysis last updated: Thursday, October 29, 2026 at 07:09 PM UTC

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graph of South African Rand GAS-GARCH-T

News Impact Curve

How returns affect tomorrow's volatility

Volatility Forecast

How volatility evolves over time

Parameter Estimates

Jan 2, 1990 to Oct 23, 2026

Model Insight

With persistence 0.998, volatility shocks have a half-life of 386 trading days (~1.5 years), close to a unit root, so long-run forecasts are highly sensitive to this estimate. Returns follow a Student-t distribution with v = 3.91 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 ~386 daysv = 3.91 · fat tails
ParamValuet-stat
ωlong-run0.9205
1.97**
αscore0.0502
24.16***
βpersistence0.9982
1,221.79***
νDF3.9116
17.96***

0.998

Persistence

386d

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

0.9205
1.97**
α

score

Weight on the scaled score

0.0502
24.16***
β

persistence

Volatility persistence

0.9982
1,221.79***
ν

DF

Student-t tail thickness

3.9116
17.96***

Persistence:

0.998

Half-life:

386 days