2024/06/09 by Andrei Renatovich Batyrov, Batyrov, Andrei Renatovich
Engineering · #Energy Load and Power Forecasting #FOS: Economics and business #Statistical Finance (q-fin.ST) #Trading and Market Microstructure (q-fin.TR)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2406.19405
openalex publication_date 2024/06/09 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
There are several approaches to modeling and forecasting time series as applied to prices of commodities and financial assets. One of the approaches is to model the price as a non-stationary time series process with heteroscedastic volatility (variance of price). The goal of the research is to generate probabilistic forecasts of day-ahead electricity prices in a spot marker employing stochastic volatility models. A typical stochastic volatility model - that treats the volatility as a latent stochastic process in discrete time - is explored first. Then the research focuses on enriching the baseline model by introducing several exogenous regressors. A better fitting model - as compared to the baseline model - is derived as a result of the research. Out-of-sample forecasts confirm the applicability and robustness of the enriched model. This model may be used in financial derivative instruments for hedging the risk associated with electricity trading. Keywords: Electricity spot prices forecasting, Stochastic volatility, Exogenous regressors, Autoregression, Bayesian inference, Stan