nr.seed(2021) def ran_walk(start = '1-1990', end = '1-2021', freq = 'M', sd = 1.0, mean = 0): dates = pd.date_range(start = start, end = end, freq = freq) walk = pd.Series(nr.normal(loc = mean, scale = sd, size = len(dates)), index = dates) return(walk.cumsum()) walk = ran_walk() plot_ts(walk, 'random walk')