# estimate

Fit conditional variance model to data

## Description

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EstMdl = estimate(Mdl,y) estimates the unknown parameters of the conditional variance model object Mdl with the observed univariate time series y, using maximum likelihood. EstMdl is a fully specified conditional variance model object that stores the results. It is the same model type as Mdl (see garch, egarch, and gjr).

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EstMdl = estimate(Mdl,y,Name,Value) estimates the conditional variance model with additional options specified by one or more Name,Value pair arguments. For example, you can specify to display iterative optimization information or presample innovations.

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• EstParamCov, the variance-covariance matrix associated with estimated parameters.

• logL, the optimized loglikelihood objective function.

• info, a data structure of summary information using any of the input arguments in the previous syntaxes.

## Examples

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Fit a GARCH(1,1) model to simulated data.

Simulate 500 data points from the GARCH(1,1) model

${y}_{t}={\epsilon }_{t},$

where ${\epsilon }_{t}={\sigma }_{t}{z}_{t}$ and

${\sigma }_{t}^{2}=0.0001+0.5{\sigma }_{t-1}^{2}+0.2{\epsilon }_{t-1}^{2}.$

Use the default Gaussian innovation distribution for ${z}_{t}$.

Mdl0 = garch('Constant',0.0001,'GARCH',0.5,...
'ARCH',0.2);
rng default; % For reproducibility
[v,y] = simulate(Mdl0,500);

The output v contains simulated conditional variances. y is a column vector of simulated responses (innovations).

Specify a GARCH(1,1) model with unknown coefficients, and fit it to the series y.

Mdl = garch(1,1);
EstMdl = estimate(Mdl,y)

GARCH(1,1) Conditional Variance Model (Gaussian Distribution):

Value       StandardError    TStatistic      PValue
__________    _____________    __________    __________

Constant    9.8911e-05     3.0726e-05        3.2191        0.001286
GARCH{1}       0.45394        0.11193        4.0557      4.9988e-05
ARCH{1}        0.26374       0.056931        4.6326      3.6111e-06
EstMdl =
garch with properties:

Description: "GARCH(1,1) Conditional Variance Model (Gaussian Distribution)"
Distribution: Name = "Gaussian"
P: 1
Q: 1
Constant: 9.89108e-05
GARCH: {0.453935} at lag [1]
ARCH: {0.263739} at lag [1]
Offset: 0

The result is a new garch model called EstMdl. The parameter estimates in EstMdl resemble the parameter values that generated the simulated data.

Fit an EGARCH(1,1) model to simulated data.

Simulate 500 data points from an EGARCH(1,1) model

${y}_{t}={\epsilon }_{t},$

where ${\epsilon }_{t}={\sigma }_{t}{z}_{t},$ and

$\mathrm{log}{\sigma }_{t}^{2}=0.001+0.7\mathrm{log}{\sigma }_{t-1}^{2}+0.5\left[\frac{|{\epsilon }_{t-1}|}{{\sigma }_{t-1}}-\sqrt{\frac{2}{\pi }}\right]-0.3\left(\frac{{\epsilon }_{t-1}}{{\sigma }_{t-1}}\right)$

(the distribution of ${z}_{t}$ is Gaussian).

Mdl0 = egarch('Constant',0.001,'GARCH',0.7,...
'ARCH',0.5,'Leverage',-0.3);

rng default % For reproducibility
[v,y] = simulate(Mdl0,500);

The output v contains simulated conditional variances. y is a column vector of simulated responses (innovations).

Specify an EGARCH(1,1) model with unknown coefficients, and fit it to the series y.

Mdl = egarch(1,1);
EstMdl = estimate(Mdl,y)

EGARCH(1,1) Conditional Variance Model (Gaussian Distribution):

Value       StandardError    TStatistic      PValue
___________    _____________    __________    __________

Constant       -0.00063867      0.031698       -0.020149        0.98392
GARCH{1}           0.70506      0.067359          10.467     1.2221e-25
ARCH{1}            0.56774      0.074746          7.5956      3.063e-14
Leverage{1}       -0.32116      0.053345         -6.0204     1.7399e-09
EstMdl =
egarch with properties:

Description: "EGARCH(1,1) Conditional Variance Model (Gaussian Distribution)"
Distribution: Name = "Gaussian"
P: 1
Q: 1
Constant: -0.000638665
GARCH: {0.705065} at lag [1]
ARCH: {0.567741} at lag [1]
Leverage: {-0.321158} at lag [1]
Offset: 0

The result is a new egarch model called EstMdl. The parameter estimates in EstMdl resemble the parameter values that generated the simulated data.

Fit a GJR(1,1) model to simulated data.

Simulate 500 data points from a GJR(1,1) model.

${y}_{t}={\epsilon }_{t},$

where ${\epsilon }_{t}={\sigma }_{t}{z}_{t}$ and

${\sigma }_{t}^{2}=0.001+0.5{\sigma }_{t-1}^{2}+0.2{\epsilon }_{t-1}^{2}+0.2I\left[{\epsilon }_{t-1}<0\right]{\epsilon }_{t-1}^{2}.$

Use the default Gaussian innovation distribution for ${z}_{t}$.

Mdl0 = gjr('Constant',0.001,'GARCH',0.5,...
'ARCH',0.2,'Leverage',0.2);

rng default; % For reproducibility
[v,y] = simulate(Mdl0,500);

The output v contains simulated conditional variances. y is a column vector of simulated responses (innovations).

Specify a GJR(1,1) model with unknown coefficients, and fit it to the series y.

Mdl = gjr(1,1);
EstMdl = estimate(Mdl,y)

GJR(1,1) Conditional Variance Model (Gaussian Distribution):

Value       StandardError    TStatistic      PValue
__________    _____________    __________    __________

Constant       0.00097382     0.00025135        3.8743      0.00010694
GARCH{1}          0.46056       0.071793        6.4151      1.4077e-10
ARCH{1}           0.24126       0.063409        3.8047      0.00014196
Leverage{1}       0.25051        0.11265        2.2237         0.02617
EstMdl =
gjr with properties:

Description: "GJR(1,1) Conditional Variance Model (Gaussian Distribution)"
Distribution: Name = "Gaussian"
P: 1
Q: 1
Constant: 0.000973819
GARCH: {0.460555} at lag [1]
ARCH: {0.241256} at lag [1]
Leverage: {0.250507} at lag [1]
Offset: 0

The result is a new gjr model called EstMdl. The parameter estimates in EstMdl resemble the parameter values that generated the simulated data.

Fit a GARCH(1,1) model to the daily close NASDAQ Composite Index returns.

Load the NASDAQ data included with the toolbox. Convert the index to returns.

nasdaq = DataTable.NASDAQ;
y = price2ret(nasdaq);
T = length(y);

figure
plot(y)
xlim([0,T])
title('NASDAQ Returns')

The returns exhibit volatility clustering.

Specify a GARCH(1,1) model, and fit it to the series. One presample innovation is required to initialize this model. Use the first observation of y as the necessary presample innovation.

Mdl = garch(1,1);
[EstMdl,EstParamCov] = estimate(Mdl,y(2:end),'E0',y(1))

GARCH(1,1) Conditional Variance Model (Gaussian Distribution):

Value       StandardError    TStatistic      PValue
__________    _____________    __________    __________

Constant    1.9987e-06     5.4228e-07        3.6857      0.00022807
GARCH{1}       0.88356      0.0084341        104.76               0
ARCH{1}        0.10903      0.0076472        14.257       4.041e-46
EstMdl =
garch with properties:

Description: "GARCH(1,1) Conditional Variance Model (Gaussian Distribution)"
Distribution: Name = "Gaussian"
P: 1
Q: 1
Constant: 1.99867e-06
GARCH: {0.883563} at lag [1]
ARCH: {0.109027} at lag [1]
Offset: 0
EstParamCov = 3×3
10-4 ×

0.0000   -0.0000    0.0000
-0.0000    0.7113   -0.5343
0.0000   -0.5343    0.5848

The output EstMdl is a new garch model with estimated parameters.

Use the output variance-covariance matrix to calculate the estimate standard errors.

se = sqrt(diag(EstParamCov))
se = 3×1

0.0000
0.0084
0.0076

These are the standard errors shown in the estimation output display. They correspond (in order) to the constant, GARCH coefficient, and ARCH coefficient.

Fit an EGARCH(1,1) model to the daily close NASDAQ Composite Index returns.

Load the NASDAQ data included with the toolbox. Convert the index to returns.

nasdaq = DataTable.NASDAQ;
y = price2ret(nasdaq);
T = length(y);

figure
plot(y)
xlim([0,T])
title('NASDAQ Returns')

The returns exhibit volatility clustering.

Specify an EGARCH(1,1) model, and fit it to the series. One presample innovation is required to initialize this model. Use the first observation of y as the necessary presample innovation.

Mdl = egarch(1,1);
[EstMdl,EstParamCov] = estimate(Mdl,y(2:end),'E0',y(1))

EGARCH(1,1) Conditional Variance Model (Gaussian Distribution):

Value      StandardError    TStatistic      PValue
_________    _____________    __________    __________

Constant        -0.13479       0.022092        -6.101      1.0538e-09
GARCH{1}         0.98391      0.0024221        406.22               0
ARCH{1}          0.19965       0.013966        14.296      2.3323e-46
Leverage{1}    -0.060243      0.0056471       -10.668      1.4354e-26
EstMdl =
egarch with properties:

Description: "EGARCH(1,1) Conditional Variance Model (Gaussian Distribution)"
Distribution: Name = "Gaussian"
P: 1
Q: 1
Constant: -0.134785
GARCH: {0.983909} at lag [1]
ARCH: {0.199645} at lag [1]
Leverage: {-0.0602433} at lag [1]
Offset: 0
EstParamCov = 4×4
10-3 ×

0.4881    0.0533   -0.1018    0.0106
0.0533    0.0059   -0.0118    0.0017
-0.1018   -0.0118    0.1950    0.0016
0.0106    0.0017    0.0016    0.0319

The output EstMdl is a new egarch model with estimated parameters.

Use the output variance-covariance matrix to calculate the estimate standard errors.

se = sqrt(diag(EstParamCov))
se = 4×1

0.0221
0.0024
0.0140
0.0056

These are the standard errors shown in the estimation output display. They correspond (in order) to the constant, GARCH coefficient, ARCH coefficient, and leverage coefficient.

Fit a GJR(1,1) model to the daily close NASDAQ Composite Index returns.

Load the NASDAQ data included with the toolbox. Convert the index to returns.

nasdaq = DataTable.NASDAQ;
y = price2ret(nasdaq);
T = length(y);

figure
plot(y)
xlim([0,T])
title('NASDAQ Returns')

The returns exhibit volatility clustering.

Specify a GJR(1,1) model, and fit it to the series. One presample innovation is required to initialize this model. Use the first observation of y as the necessary presample innovation.

Mdl = gjr(1,1);
[EstMdl,EstParamCov] = estimate(Mdl,y(2:end),'E0',y(1))

GJR(1,1) Conditional Variance Model (Gaussian Distribution):

Value       StandardError    TStatistic      PValue
__________    _____________    __________    __________

Constant       2.4571e-06     5.6866e-07        4.3209      1.5542e-05
GARCH{1}          0.88132       0.009492        92.849               0
ARCH{1}          0.064153      0.0092048        6.9695      3.1798e-12
Leverage{1}      0.088795      0.0099197        8.9514      3.5108e-19
EstMdl =
gjr with properties:

Description: "GJR(1,1) Conditional Variance Model (Gaussian Distribution)"
Distribution: Name = "Gaussian"
P: 1
Q: 1
Constant: 2.45712e-06
GARCH: {0.881321} at lag [1]
ARCH: {0.0641529} at lag [1]
Leverage: {0.0887949} at lag [1]
Offset: 0
EstParamCov = 4×4
10-4 ×

0.0000   -0.0000    0.0000    0.0000
-0.0000    0.9010   -0.6942    0.0002
0.0000   -0.6942    0.8473   -0.3615
0.0000    0.0002   -0.3615    0.9840

The output EstMdl is a new gjr model with estimated parameters.

Use the output variance-covariance matrix to calculate the estimate standard errors.

se = sqrt(diag(EstParamCov))
se = 4×1

0.0000
0.0095
0.0092
0.0099

These are the standard errors shown in the estimation output display. They correspond (in order) to the constant, GARCH coefficient, ARCH coefficient, and leverage coefficient.

## Input Arguments

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Conditional variance model containing unknown parameters, specified as a garch, egarch, or gjr model object.

estimate treats non-NaN elements in Mdl as equality constraints, and does not estimate the corresponding parameters.

Single path of response data, specified as a numeric column vector. The software infers the conditional variances from y, i.e., the data to which the model is fit.

y is usually an innovation series with mean 0 and conditional variance characterized by the model specified in Mdl. In this case, y is a continuation of the innovation series E0.

y can also represent an innovation series with mean 0 plus an offset. A nonzero Offset signals the inclusion of an offset in Mdl.

The last observation of y is the latest observation.

Data Types: double

### Name-Value Pair Arguments

Specify optional comma-separated pairs of Name,Value arguments. Name is the argument name and Value is the corresponding value. Name must appear inside quotes. You can specify several name and value pair arguments in any order as Name1,Value1,...,NameN,ValueN.

Example: 'Display','iter','E0',[0.1; 0.05] specifies to display iterative optimization information, and [0.05; 0.1] as presample innovations.
For GARCH, EGARCH, and GJR Models

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Initial coefficient estimates corresponding to past innovation terms, specified as the comma-separated pair consisting of 'ARCH0' and a numeric vector.

• For GARCH(P,Q) and GJR(P,Q) models:

• ARCH0 must be a numeric vector containing nonnegative elements.

• ARCH0 contains the initial coefficient estimates associated with the past squared innovation terms that compose the ARCH polynomial.

• By default, estimate derives initial estimates using standard time series techniques.

• For EGARCH(P,Q) models:

• ARCH0 contains the initial coefficient estimates associated with the magnitude of the past standardized innovations that compose the ARCH polynomial.

• By default, estimate sets the initial coefficient estimate associated with the first nonzero lag in the model to a small positive value. All other values are zero.

The number of coefficients in ARCH0 must equal the number of lags associated with nonzero coefficients in the ARCH polynomial, as specified in the ARCHLags property of Mdl.

Data Types: double

Initial conditional variance model constant estimate, specified as the comma-separated pair consisting of 'Constant0' and a numeric scalar.

For GARCH(P,Q) and GJR(P,Q) models, Constant0 must be a positive scalar.

By default, estimate derives initial estimates using standard time series techniques.

Data Types: double

Command Window display option, specified as the comma-separated pair consisting of 'Display' and one or more of the values in this table.

ValueInformation Displayed
'diagnostics'Optimization diagnostics
'full'Maximum likelihood parameter estimates, standard errors, t statistics, iterative optimization information, and optimization diagnostics
'iter'Iterative optimization information
'off'None
'params'Maximum likelihood parameter estimates, standard errors, and t statistics

Example: 'Display','off' is well suited for running a simulation that estimates many models.

Example: 'Display',{'params','diagnostics'} displays all estimation results and the optimization diagnostics.

Data Types: char | cell | string

Initial estimate of the t-distribution degrees-of-freedom parameter ν, specified as the comma-separated pair consisting of 'DoF0' and a positive scalar. DoF0 must exceed 2.

Data Types: double

Presample innovations, specified as the comma-separated pair consisting of 'E0' and a numeric column vector. The presample innovations provide initial values for the innovations process of the conditional variance model Mdl. The presample innovations derive from a distribution with mean 0.

E0 must contain at least Mdl.Q rows. If E0 contains extra rows, then estimate uses the latest Mdl.Q presample innovations. The last row contains the latest presample innovation.

The defaults are:

• For GARCH(P,Q) and GJR(P,Q) models, estimate sets any necessary presample innovations to the square root of the average squared value of the offset-adjusted response series y.

• For EGARCH(P,Q) models, estimate sets any necessary presample innovations to zero.

Data Types: double

Initial coefficient estimates for past conditional variance terms, specified as the comma-separated pair consisting of 'GARCH0' and a numeric vector.

• For GARCH(P,Q) and GJR(P,Q) models:

• GARCH0 must be a numeric vector containing nonnegative elements.

• GARCH0 contains the initial coefficient estimates associated with the past conditional variance terms that compose the GARCH polynomial.

• For EGARCH(P,Q) models,GARCH0 contains the initial coefficient estimates associated with past log conditional variance terms that compose the GARCH polynomial.

The number of coefficients in GARCH0 must equal the number of lags associated with nonzero coefficients in the GARCH polynomial, as specified in the GARCHLags property of Mdl.

By default, estimate derives initial estimates using standard time series techniques.

Data Types: double

Initial innovation mean model offset estimate, specified as the comma-separated pair consisting of 'Offset0' and a scalar.

By default, estimate sets the initial estimate to the sample mean of y.

Data Types: double

Optimization options, specified as the comma-separated pair consisting of 'Options' and an optimoptions optimization controller. For details on modifying the default values of the optimizer, see optimoptions or fmincon in Optimization Toolbox™.

For example, to change the constraint tolerance to 1e-6, set Options = optimoptions(@fmincon,'ConstraintTolerance',1e-6,'Algorithm','sqp'). Then, pass Options into estimate using 'Options',Options.

By default, estimate uses the same default options as fmincon, except Algorithm is 'sqp' and ConstraintTolerance is 1e-7.

Presample conditional variances, specified as the comma-separated pair consisting of 'V0' and numeric column vector with positive entries. V0 provide initial values for conditional variance process of the conditional variance model Mdl.

For GARCH(P,Q) and GJR(P,Q) models, V0 must have at least Mdl.P rows.

For EGARCH(P,Q) models,V0 must have at least max(Mdl.P,Mdl.Q) rows.

If the number of rows in V0 exceeds the necessary number, only the latest observations are used. The last row contains the latest observation.

By default, estimate sets the necessary presample conditional variances to the average squared value of the offset-adjusted response series y.

Data Types: double

For EGARCH and GJR Models

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Initial coefficient estimates past leverage terms, specified as the comma-separated pair consisting of 'Leverage0' and a numeric vector.

For EGARCH(P,Q) models, Leverage0 contains the initial coefficient estimates associated with past standardized innovation terms that compose the leverage polynomial.

For GJR(P,Q) models, Leverage0 contains the initial coefficient estimates associated with past, squared, negative innovations that compose the leverage polynomial.

The number of coefficients in Leverage0 must equal the number of lags associated with nonzero coefficients in the leverage polynomial (Leverage), as specified in LeverageLags.

Data Types: double

Notes

• NaNs in the presample or estimation data indicate missing data, and estimate removes them. The software merges the presample data (E0 and V0) separately from the effective sample data (y), and then uses list-wise deletion to remove rows containing at least one NaN. Removing NaNs in the data reduces the sample size, and can also create irregular time series.

• estimate assumes that you synchronize the presample data such that the latest observations occur simultaneously.

• If you specify a value for Display, then it takes precedence over the specifications of the optimization options Diagnostics and Display. Otherwise, estimate honors all selections related to the display of optimization information in the optimization options.

• If you do not specify E0 and V0, then estimate derives the necessary presample observations from the unconditional, or long-run, variance of the offset-adjusted response process.

• For all conditional variance models, V0 is the sample average of the squared disturbances of the offset-adjusted response data y.

• For GARCH(P,Q) and GJR(P,Q) models, E0 is the square root of the average squared value of the offset-adjusted response series y.

• For EGARCH(P,Q) models, E0 is 0.

These specifications minimize initial transient effects.

## Output Arguments

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Conditional variance model containing parameter estimates, returned as a garch, egarch, or gjr model object. estimate uses maximum likelihood to calculate all parameter estimates not constrained by Mdl (i.e., constrained parameters have known values).

EstMdl is a fully specified conditional variance model. To infer conditional variances for diagnostic checking, pass EstMdl to infer. To simulate or forecast conditional variances, pass EstMdl to simulate or forecast, respectively.

Variance-covariance matrix of maximum likelihood estimates of model parameters known to the optimizer, returned as a numeric matrix.

The rows and columns associated with any parameters estimated by maximum likelihood contain the covariances of estimation error. The standard errors of the parameter estimates are the square root of the entries along the main diagonal.

The rows and columns associated with any parameters that are held fixed as equality constraints contain 0s.

estimate uses the outer product of gradients (OPG) method to perform covariance matrix estimation.

estimate orders the parameters in EstParamCov as follows:

• Constant

• Nonzero GARCH coefficients at positive lags

• Nonzero ARCH coefficients at positive lags

• For EGARCH and GJR models, nonzero leverage coefficients at positive lags

• Degrees of freedom (t innovation distribution only)

• Offset (models with nonzero offset only)

Data Types: double

Optimized loglikelihood objective function value, returned as a scalar.

Data Types: double

Optimization summary, returned as a structure array with the fields described in this table.

FieldDescription
exitflagOptimization exit flag (see fmincon in Optimization Toolbox)
optionsOptimization options controller (see optimoptions and fmincon in Optimization Toolbox)
XVector of final parameter estimates
X0Vector of initial parameter estimates

For example, you can display the vector of final estimates by entering info.X in the Command Window.

Data Types: struct

## Tips

• To access values of the estimation results, including the number of free parameters in the model, pass EstMdl to summarize.

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