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The NIG model outperforms others in pricing S&P 500 index options.
A new model for S&P 500 and VIX options pricing and calibration.
The study finds no evidence of stochastic arbitrage opportunities in S&P 500 index options.
Enhanced hedging for S&P 500 options using volatility surface data.
New volatility model for option pricing with time-varying risk premium.
Deep Q-learning agent outperforms traditional hedging in S&P 500 options.
Study evaluates three position sizing methods for put-writing on S&P 500 Index options.
We consider assets for which price and squared volatility are jointly driven by Heston joint stochastic differential equations (SDEs). When the parameters of these SDEs are estimated from sub-sampled data , estimation errors do impact the classical option pricing PDEs. We estimate thes…
Randomizes AD models for better option pricing.
The study examines European option pricing using a generalized tempered stable distribution.
New model captures time-varying volatility with stochastic exponential tails.
A parsimonious generalization of the Heston model is proposed where the volatility-of-volatility is assumed to be stochastic. We follow the perturbation technique of Fouque et al (2011, CUP) to derive a first order approximation of the price of options on a stock and its volatility index. This approximation is given by…
We propose a new non parametric technique to estimate the CALL function based on the superhedging principle. Our approach does not require absence of arbitrage and easily accommodates bid/ask spreads and other market imperfections. We prove some optimal statistical properties of our estimates. As an application we firs…
We derive asymptotic expansions for option data to detect infinite variation volatility.
The paper proposes a new SDF scaled by time-varying volatility from S&P 500 options.
In this paper we solve the discrete time mean-variance hedging problem when asset returns follow a multivariate autoregressive hidden Markov model. Time dependent volatility and serial dependence are well established properties of financial time series and our model covers both. To illustrate the relevance of our propo…
Unified framework matches equity and bond yields.
We obtain the maximum entropy distribution for an asset from call and digital option prices. A rigorous mathematical proof of its existence and exponential form is given, which can also be applied to legitimise a formal derivation by Buchen and Kelly. We give a simple and robust algorithm for our method and compare our…
Neural jump model improves option pricing accuracy.
New model explains option pricing with time-varying volatility risk aversion.
HedgeNet uses neural networks to reduce hedging errors for financial options.
This study examines deep hedging for S&P 500 options, revealing systematic delta corrections and fragility.
This paper uses machine learning to improve VIX index calculation and detect market manipulation.
We address the information content of European option prices about volatility in terms of the Fisher information matrix. We assume that observed option prices are centred on the theoretical price provided by Heston's model disturbed by additive Gaussian noise. We fit the likelihood function on the components of the VIX…
Bayesian method calibrates local volatility with Gaussian processes.
Proposes deep hedging for index options using implied volatility surface.
iCOS method estimates risk-neutral densities and option prices without model assumptions.
We derive sharp bounds for the prices of VIX futures using the full information of S&P 500 smiles. To that end, we formulate the model-free sub/superreplication of the VIX by trading in the S&P 500 and its vanilla options as well as the forward-starting log-contracts. A dual problem of minimizing/maximizing certain ris…
We consider stochastic volatility models under parameter uncertainty and investigate how model derived prices of European options are affected. We let the pricing parameters evolve dynamically in time within a specified region, and formalise the problem as a control problem where the control acts on the parameters to m…
In the current literature, the analytical tractability of discrete time option pricing models is guaranteed only for rather specific types of models and pricing kernels. We propose a very general and fully analytical option pricing framework, encompassing a wide class of discrete time models featuring multiple-componen…
We derive a general multivariate theory for realised characteristics of `model-free discretisation-invariant swaps', so-called because the standard no-arbitrage assumption of martingale forward prices is sufficient to derive fair-value swap rates for such characteristics which have no jump or discretisation errors. Thi…
In informationally efficient financial markets, option prices and this implied volatility should immediately be adjusted to new information that arrives along with a jump in underlying's return, whereas gradual changes in implied volatility would indicate market inefficiency. Using minute-by-minute data on S&P 500 inde…
In this paper a simple model for the evolution of the forward density of the future value of an asset is proposed. The model allows for a straightforward initial calibration to option prices and has dynamics that are consistent with empirical findings from option price data. The model is constructed with the aim of bei…
Enhanced indexation uses equity and index options for better performance.
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) Volatility Index, VIX, is calculated based on prices of out-of-the-money put and call options on the S&P 500 index (SPX). Sometimes called the "investor fear gauge," the VIX is a measure of the implied volatility of the SPX, and is observed to be correlated with the 30-day real…
Despite being described as a medium of exchange, cryptocurrencies do not have the typical attributes of a medium of exchange. Consequently, cryptocurrencies are more appropriately described as crypto assets. A common investment attribute shared by the more than 2,500 crypto assets is that they are highly volatile. An i…
We fit the volatility fluctuations of the S&P 500 index well by a Chi distribution, and the distribution of log-returns by a corresponding superposition of Gaussian distributions. The Fourier transform of this is, remarkably, of the Tsallis type. An option pricing formula is derived from the same superposition of Black…
Neural model improves option pricing by calibrating additive process term structure.
Study reveals a hidden cost in derivatives markets through option-implied discount factors.
This study provides a consistent and efficient pricing method for both Standard & Poor's 500 Index (SPX) options and the Chicago Board Options Exchange's Volatility Index (VIX) options under a multiscale stochastic volatility model. To capture the multiscale volatility of the financial market, our model adds a fast sca…
In the first quarter of 2006 Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) introduced, as one of the listed products, options on its implied volatility index (VIX). This created the challenge of developing a pricing framework that can simultaneously handle European options, forward-starts, options on the realized variance and …
A new method constructs smooth, arbitrage-free option surfaces efficiently.
In this paper we formulate a regression problem to predict realized volatility by using option price data and enhance VIX-styled volatility indices' predictability and liquidity. We test algorithms including regularized regression and machine learning methods such as Feedforward Neural Networks (FNN) on S&P 500 Index a…
Deep learning models price options using volatility surfaces.
Deep learning enhances options hedging performance.
In this paper, we propose the exponential Levy neural network (ELNN) for option pricing, which is a new non-parametric exponential Levy model using artificial neural networks (ANN). The ELNN fully integrates the ANNs with the exponential Levy model, a conventional pricing model. So, the ELNN can improve ANN-based model…
Model captures rough volatility and jump clustering in stock vol dynamics.
Predicting absolute magnitude of fluctuations of price, even if their sign remains unknown, is important for risk analysis and for option prices. In the present work, we display our predictions about absolute magnitude of daily fluctuations of the Dow Jones Industrials Average (DJIA), utilizing the original theory of c…