arch.univariate.RiskMetrics2006.backcast¶ RiskMetrics2006.backcast(resids: ndarray[Any, dtype[float64]]) → float | ndarray[Any, dtype[float64]][source]¶ Construct values for backcasting to start the recursion Parameters:¶ resids: ndarray[Any, dtype[float64]]¶Vector of (approximate) residuals Returns:¶ backcast – Backcast values for each EWMA component Return type:¶ numpy.ndarray