Simulation of GARCH in R

Question

I am doing a simulation of a GARCH model. The model itself is not too relevant, what I would like to ask you is about optimizing the simulation in R. More than anything if y

Answer 1

Instead of using numbers in your loop, you can use vectors of size N: that removes the loop hidden in sapply.

randhelp <- function(
  horizon=5, N=1e4, 
  h0 = 2e-4, 
  mu = 0, omega=0,
  alpha1 = 0.027,
  beta1  = 0.963
){
  ret <- zt <- et <- ht <- matrix(NA, nc=horizon, nr=N)
  ht[,1] <- h0
  for(j in 1:horizon){
    zt[,j]   <- rnorm(N,0,1)
    et[,j]   <- zt[,j]*sqrt(ht[,j])
    ret[,j]  <- mu + et[,j]
    if( j < horizon )
      ht[,j+1] <- omega+ alpha1*et[,j]^2 + beta1*ht[,j]
  }
  apply(ret, 1, sum)
}
x <- randhelp(N=1e5)