Multiscale Volatility Analysis for Noisy High-Frequency Prices

Tim Leung and Theodore Zhao
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Theodore Zhao: Applied Mathematics Department, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA

Risks, 2023, vol. 11, issue 7, 1-20

Abstract: We present a multiscale analysis of the volatility of intraday prices from high-frequency data. Our multiscale framework includes a fractional Brownian motion and microstructure noise as the building blocks. The proposed noisy fractional Brownian motion model is shown to possess a variety of volatility behaviors suitable for intraday price processes. Algorithms for numerical estimation from time series observations are then introduced, with a new Hurst exponent estimator proposed for the noisy fractional Brownian motion model. Using real-world high-frequency price data for a collection of U.S. stocks and ETFs, we estimate the parameters in the noisy fractional Brownian motion and illustrate how the volatility varies over different timescales. The Hurst exponent and noise level also exhibit an intraday pattern whereby the the noise ratio tends to be higher near market close.

Keywords: multiscale volatility; high-frequency data; fractional Brownian motion; noisy data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C G0 G1 G2 G3 K2 M2 M4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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