A New Viterbi-Based Decoding Strategy for Market Risk Tracking

Mohamed Saidane

A New Viterbi-Based Decoding Strategy for Market Risk Tracking

Číslo: 4/2022
Periodikum: Statistika
DOI: 10.54694/stat.2022.17

Klíčová slova: Factor analysis, volatility clustering, hidden Markov models, Viterbi-EM algorithm, portfolio’s Value-at-Risk

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Anotace: In this paper, a novel market risk tracking and prediction strategy is introduced. Our approach takes volatility clustering into account and allows for the possibility of regime shifts in the intra-portfolio's latent correlation structure. The proposed specification combines hidden Markov models (HMM) with latent factor models that takes into account the presence of both the conditional skewness and leverage effects in stock returns.

A computationally efficient expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm based on the Viterbi decoder is developed to estimate the model parameters. Using daily exchange rate data of the Tunisian dinar versus the currencies of the main Tunisian government's creditors, during the 2011 revolution period, the model parameters are estimated. Then, the suitable model is used in conjunction with a Monte Carlo simulation strategy to predict the Value-at-Risk (VaR) of the Tunisian government's foreign debt portfolio. The backtesting results indicate that the new approach appears to give a good fit to the data and can improve the VaR predictions, particularly during financial instability periods.