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Standardizing a Volatility Filter?



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> Another alternative which avoids retaining historical close-to-close
> volatility is to use the Extreme Value Method.
> 
> Advantages of this form are:
> 
> 1 It catches the volatility of say a reversal day when there was a wide
H-L
> range but the Close was near the previous day.
> 
> 2 It is considered 5 times as precise as the close-to-close estimate.
> 
> VOLt = .601*Ln(Ht/Lt) where Ht=High for the time interval "t" in days,etc
> 
> Annualised VOL = VOLt*SQRT(365/t) except where t=1.
> 
> 
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