volatility {fBasics}

Compute volatility

Description

Generic function for volatility computations.

Usage

volatility(object, ...)

## Default S3 method:
volatility(object, ...)

Arguments

object

an object from which to extract or compute the volatility.

...

arguments for methods. Ignored by the default method.

Details

volatility is a generic function, whose default method centers and squares the values in object. Other packages can (and do) define methods for it.