This study is designed to model and forecast Nigeria’s stock market using the All-Share Index (ASI) as a proxy. By employing the Markov regime-switching autoregressive (MS-AR) model with data from April 2005 to September 2019, the study analyzes the stock market volatility in three distinct regimes (accumulation or distribution – regime 1; big-move – regime 2; and excess or panic phases – regime 3) of the bull and bear periods. Six MS-AR candidate models are estimated and based on the minimum AIC value, MS(3)-AR(2) is returned as the optimal model among the six candidate models. The MS(3)-AR(2) analysis provides evidence of regime-switching behaviour in the stock market. The study also shows that only extreme events can switch the ASI returns from regime 1 to regime 2 and to regime 3, or vice versa. It further specifies an average duration period of 9, 3 and 4 weeks for the accumulation/distribution, big-move and excess/panic regimes respectively which is an evidence of favorable market for investors to trade. Based on Root Mean Square Error and Mean Absolute Error, the fitted MS-AR model is adjudged the most appropriate ASI returns forecasting model. The study recommends investments in stock across the regimes that are switching between accumulation/distribution and big-move phases for promising returns.
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