arch.univariate.FixedVariance.starting_values¶ FixedVariance.starting_values(resids: ndarray[tuple[int], dtype[float64]] | Series) → ndarray[tuple[int], dtype[float64]][source]¶ Returns starting values for the ARCH model Parameters:¶ resids: ndarray[tuple[int], dtype[float64]] | Series¶Array of (approximate) residuals to use when computing starting values Returns:¶ sv – Array of starting values Return type:¶ numpy.ndarray