“…It is worth noting that volatility is a crucial input of derivative pricing, hedging, portfolio selection, and risk management (see, e.g., Andersen, Bollerslev, & Diebold, 2007;Bollerslev, Hood, Huss, & Pedersen, 2017). Therefore, a large body of literature describes and forecasts the RV of stock markets (see, e.g., Choi & Shin, 2018;Corsi, 2009;Engle & Gallo, 2006;Ghysels, Santa-Clara, & Valkanov, 2006;Hansen, Huang, & Shek, 2012;Qu & Ji, 2016;Santos & Ziegelmann, 2014;Wang, Pan, & Wu, 2017). Although there are a large number of studies on volatility forecasting, forecasting volatility accurately is still a daunting task.…”