Bayesian Dynamic Modeling of Realized Volatility in Financial Asset Price Forecasting

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Highly relevant to quantitative trading. The RV-DLM framework provides analytically tractable, computationally fast Bayesian forecasting for asset prices incorporating realized volatility information. The model enables real-time sequential filtering, short-term price prediction with calibrated uncertainty, volatility tracking, and reduced-form leverage/feedback effects. Negligible extra computational cost enables scaling to multivariate portfolio settings. Directly applicable to decouple/recouple portfolio construction, risk management, and volatility-targeting strategies. The conjugate structure supports routine monitoring and adaptation in live trading systems.

Moderate complexity. The model leverages conjugate Bayesian analysis (normal-gamma posteriors, scaled-F and Student-t predictive distributions), making filtering and forecasting analytically closed-form. However, understanding the bivariate state-space structure, the dynamic gamma process for realized volatility, and the compositional forecasting simulation requires solid Bayesian time series background. The discount-learning filter and beta-gamma volatility evolution add some complexity over standard DLMs. Code is publicly available, reducing practical implementation burden.

Custom Python code for data download, preprocessing, all model analyses and figures is publicly available at github.com/PSW1998/rv-dlm-paper-figure. Data sourced from Yahoo Finance. Hyperparameters are explicitly stated (δ=0.999, β=0.925/0.875, α=2.75). Initial priors are fully specified. Strict out-of-sample evaluation protocol described.