FORECASTING FOREIGN EXCHANGE VOLATILITY FOR VALUE AT RISK : CAN REALIZED VOLATILITY OUTPERFORM GARCH PREDICTIONS?
Abstract: In this paper we use model-free estimates of daily exchange rate volatilities employing high-frequency intraday data, known as Realized Volatility, which is then forecasted with ARMA-models and used to produce one-day-ahead Value-at-Risk predictions. The forecasting accuracy of the method is contrasted against the more widely used ARCH-models based on daily squared returns. Our results indicate that the ARCH-models tend to underestimate the Value-at-Risk in foreign exchange markets compared to models using Realized Volatility
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