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Abstract:
Using two newly available ultrahigh-frequency datasets, we investigate empirically how frequently one can sample certain foreign exchange and U.S. Treasury security returns without contaminating estimates of their integrated volatility with market microstructure noise. Using the standard realized volatility estimator, we find that one can sample dollar/euro returns as frequently as once every 15 to 20 seconds without contaminating estimates of integrated volatility; 10-year Treasury note returns may be sampled as frequently as once every 2 to 3 minutes on days without U.S. macroeconomic announcements, and as frequently as once every 40 seconds on announcement days. Using a simple realized kernel estimator, this sampling frequency can be increased to once every 2 to 5 seconds for dollar/euro returns and to about once every 30 to 40 seconds for T-note returns. These sampling frequencies, especially in the case of dollar/euro returns, are much higher than those that are generally recommended in the empirical literature on realized volatility in equity markets. The higher sampling frequencies for dollar/euro and T-note returns likely reflect the superior depth and liquidity of these markets.
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Keywords
Realized volatility, integrated volatility, critical sampling frequency, market microstructure noise, government bond markets, foreign exchange markets, liquidity, kernel estimator, robust estimator, jumps
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