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kurtosis

Calculate the rolling kurtosis of a target column within a given window size.

Kurtosis measures the "tailedness" of the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable. High kurtosis indicates a distribution with heavy tails (outliers), suggesting a higher risk of extreme outcomes. Low kurtosis indicates a distribution with lighter tails (less outliers), suggesting less risk of extreme outcomes. This function helps in assessing the risk of outliers in financial returns or other time series data over a specified rolling window.

Parameters

data: list[openbb_core.provider.abstract.data.Data]

The time series data as a list of data points.

Optional: False


target: str

The name of the column for which to calculate kurtosis.

Optional: False


window: int

The number of observations used for calculating the rolling measure.

Default: 21

Optional: True


index: str

The name of the index column, default is 'date'.

Default: date

Optional: True


Returns

results: list[Data]

Serializable results.


provider: None

Provider name.


warnings: Optional[list[Warning_]]

list of warnings.


chart: Optional[Chart]

Chart object.


extra: dict[str, Any]

Extra info.


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