Weighted generalized Hurst exponent

Computes the generalized Hurst exponent with exponential weights
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This code calculates the weighted generalized Hurst exponent H(q) from
the scaling of the renormalized q-moments of the distribution

<|x(t+r)-x(t)|^q>_w/<x(t)^q>_w ~ r^[qH(q)]


Here <f>_w are weighted averages of f(t) over 0<= t < T
with weights
w(t) = w0 exp(-(T-t)/delta)
and
w0 = (1-exp(-1/delta))/(1-exp(-T/delta))

H = genhurstw(S)
S is 1xT data series (T>50 recommended)
calculates unweighted H(q=1)

H = genhurstw(S,q)
calculates unweighted H(q) specifying the exponent q
which can be a vector (default value q=1)

H = genhurstw(S,q,delta)
calculates weighted H(q) specifying the characteristic time delta

H = genhurstw(S,q,delta,maxT)
calculates weighted H(q) specifying the characteristic time delta
and the size of the scaling window maxT

[H,sH]=genhurstw(S,...)
estimates the standard deviation sH(q)

examples:
generalized Hurst exponent for a random gaussian process
H=genhurstw(cumsum(randn(10000,1)))
or
H=genhurstw(cumsum(randn(10000,1)),[1,2]) to calculate H(1) and H(2)
or
H=genhurstw(cumsum(randn(10000,1)),[1,2],100) to calculate weighted
H(1) and H(2) with chractreistic time delta = 100

for the generalized Hurst exponent method please refer to:
T. Di Matteo et al. Physica A 324 (2003) 183-188
T. Di Matteo et al. Journal of Banking & Finance 29 (2005) 827-851
T. Di Matteo Quantitative Finance, 7 (2007) 21-36
for the weighted Hurst exponent method please refer to:
R. Morales et al. Physica A, 391 (2012) 3180-3189.

Cite As

Tomaso Aste (2024). Weighted generalized Hurst exponent (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/36487-weighted-generalized-hurst-exponent), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R2011b
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1.1.0.0

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1.0.0.0