Proposes new Monte Carlo methods for calibrating local volatility models with stochastic components.
problem Calibrating local volatility models with stochastic drift and diffusion.
method Developed Monte Carlo algorithms for three models: local volatility with stochastic interest rates, stochastic local volatility with deterministic interest rates, and stochastic local volatility with stochastic interest rates.
result Conditions for the existence of local volatility given European option prices, stochastic interest rate model parameters, and correlations.
New method calibrates local volatility models to marginal distributions.
problem Calibrating local volatility models to specific marginal distributions.
method Inspired by volatility interpolation, constructs time-homogeneous or continuous local volatility functions.
result Efficient numerical algorithms for constructing local volatility functions.
The Bass model is calibrated to vanilla options using a fixed-point equation.
problem Calibration of the Bass local volatility model to vanilla options.
method Solving a fixed-point equation to achieve calibration.
result Existence and uniqueness of the solution to the fixed-point equation, and linear convergence of the fixed-point iteration scheme.
Method calibrates local volatility and stochastic short rate models for equity-rate dynamics.
problem Joint calibration of local volatility and stochastic short rate models.
method Iterative approach using semimartingale optimal transport.
result Demonstrated performance on market data using European SPX options and cap interest rate options.
We study the local volatility function in the Foreign Exchange market where both domestic and foreign interest rates are stochastic. This model is suitable to price long-dated FX derivatives. We derive the local volatility function and obtain several results that can be used for the calibration of this local volatility…
Bayesian method calibrates local volatility with Gaussian processes.
problem Calibrating local volatility models is challenging.
method Bayesian inference with Gaussian process priors.
result Rich probabilistic model of local volatility with uncertainty.
Extends Heston model with local volatility for better fit to market volatilities.
problem Fitting stochastic volatility models to market volatilities.
method Adds local volatility term to rough-Heston model, preserving stylized results.
result Provides a proper extrapolation scheme for calibration.
Study improves caplet calibration for 1Y maturity using different models.
problem Calibrate 1Y caplet smile better across strike range.
method Alternative local volatility terms and stochastic volatility models.
result Some models calibrate well to 1Y caplet smile across strike range.
Method calibrates stock price models with stochastic interest rates using optimal transport.
problem Calibrating stock price models with stochastic interest rates.
method Non-parametric, semimartingale optimal transport, solving a fully non-linear Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation.
result Fully calibrated model closest to a reference model in a defined cost function.
Improved LV model for interest rate swaptions and caplets.
problem Calibration of arbitrage-free LV models to European options.
method HJM interest rate model with Small Volatility Approximation.
result Deterministic and fast method with excellent calibration accuracy.
The study calibrates VIX and VXX options using a multi-factor model.
problem Calibration failure of VIX and VXX options using stochastic or local volatility models.
method Presented a multi-factor stochastic-local volatility model.
result Joint calibration of VIX and VXX options successfully achieved.
New algorithm calibrates local volatility from option prices using deep neural networks.
problem Calibrating local volatility from market option prices with reduced interpolation and reprice errors.
method Deep self-consistent learning using neural networks to approximate both option prices and local volatility.
result Improved performance in terms of reduced interpolation and reprice errors compared to existing methods.
The local volatility model is a widely used for pricing and hedging financial derivatives. While its main appeal is its capability of reproducing any given surface of observed option prices---it provides a perfect fit---the essential component is a latent function which can be uniquely determined only in the limit of i…
Calibration of stochastic local volatility (SLV) models to their underlying local volatility model is often performed by numerically solving a two-dimensional non-linear forward Kolmogorov equation. We propose a novel finite volume (FV) discretization in the numerical solution of general 1D and 2D forward Kolmogorov eq…
Model accurately calibrates FX market skew for exotic options.
problem Inconsistent prices from different models for FX derivatives.
method Fully parameterized local volatility model with numerical methods.
result Model provides reliable prices for daily trading.
We tackle the calibration of the so-called Stochastic-Local Volatility (SLV) model. This is the class of financial models that combines the local and stochastic volatility features and has been subject of the attention by many researchers recently. More precisely, given a local volatility surface and a choice of stocha…
Method calibrates basket options using rearranged samples from constituent processes.
problem Calibrate basket options with non-linear dependency structure.
method Propose a method to extract dependency structure from market data through systematic sampling rearrangement, then calibrate a local volatility model.
result Efficiently calibrates basket options with near-perfect accuracy.
New method calibrates LV surfaces for exotic derivatives with smoother, more stable Greeks.
problem Challenges in LV calibration leading to spiky surfaces and unstable Greeks.
method Automatic local regression to pre-process market observables and smooth LV surfaces.
result Significantly smoother LV surfaces and greatly improved Greek stability with negligible additional cost.
This paper deals with the exact calibration of semidiscretized stochastic local volatility (SLV) models to their underlying semidiscretized local volatility (LV) models. Under an SLV model, it is common to approximate the fair value of European-style options by semidiscretizing the backward Kolmogorov equation using fi…
We discuss the possibility of obtaining model-free bounds on volatility derivatives, given present market data in the form of a calibrated local volatility model. A counter-example to a wide-spread conjecture is given.
LOV model calibrates European and American options with path-dependent volatility.
problem Calibrating European and American options with path-dependent volatility.
method Designing a local volatility model that incorporates path-dependent shocks through an occupation sensitivity function.
result LOV model successfully calibrates options chains with automatic European vanilla option calibration and path-dependent flexibility.
The Local Volatility model is a well-known extension of the Black-Scholes constant volatility model whereby the volatility is dependent on both time and the underlying asset. This model can be calibrated to provide a perfect fit to a wide range of implied volatility surfaces. The model is easy to calibrate and still ve…
Long maturity options or a wide class of hybrid products are evaluated using a local volatility type modelling for the asset price S(t) with a stochastic interest rate r(t). The calibration of the local volatility function is usually time-consuming because of the multi-dimensional nature of the problem. In this paper, …
Paper provides an explicit formula for local volatility in Cheyette models.
problem Approximating local volatility in Cheyette interest rate models.
method Extended Dupire framework, perturbation methods, probabilistic techniques.
result Explicit analytical formula for local volatility in Cheyette models.
Proves existence and uniqueness of calibrated LSV model.
problem Calibrating a local stochastic volatility model to market data.
method Proves strong existence and uniqueness of solution to a McKean-Vlasov SDE.
result Establishes well-posedness of a calibrated two-factor LSV model.
By Gyongy's theorem, a local and stochastic volatility (LSV) model is calibrated to the market prices of all European call options with positive maturities and strikes if its local volatility function is equal to the ratio of the Dupire local volatility function over the root conditional mean square of the stochastic v…
We introduce a local volatility model for the valuation of options on commodity futures by using European vanilla option prices. The corresponding calibration problem is addressed within an online framework, allowing the use of multiple price surfaces. Since uncertainty in the observation of the underlying future price…
Two ML approaches learn local volatility surfaces from option prices, with GP being arbitrage-free.
problem Interpolating European vanilla option prices to create a local volatility surface.
method Gaussian process regression and neural net with arbitrage penalties.
result GP approach is arbitrage-free and yields best out-of-sample calibration error.
The calibration of volatility models from observable option prices is a fundamental problem in quantitative finance. The most common approach among industry practitioners is based on the celebrated Dupire's formula [6], which requires the knowledge of vanilla option prices for a continuum of strikes and maturities that…
Develops a deep learning method for enforcing no-arbitrage in local volatility surfaces.
problem No-arbitrage conditions not enforced in deep learning approaches for local volatility.
method Jointly interpolates European vanilla option prices, enforcing no-arbitrage through modified loss functions or network architectures.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness of enforcing no-arbitrage in local volatility surfaces using deep learning.
In this paper, we study the price of Variable Annuity Guarantees, especially of Guaranteed Annuity Options (GAO) and Guaranteed Minimum Income Benefit (GMIB), and this in the settings of a derivative pricing model where the underlying spot (the fund) is locally governed by a geometric Brownian motion with local volatil…
Model prices commodity futures and index options.
problem Deriving accurate prices for derivative contracts on commodity futures and indices.
method Stochastic local volatility model for commodity futures.
result Model accurately recovers prices of derivative claims.
In this paper, we are interested in continuous time models in which the index level induces some feedback on the dynamics of its composing stocks. More precisely, we propose a model in which the log-returns of each stock may be decomposed into a systemic part proportional to the log-returns of the index plus an idiosyn…
This paper is devoted to the application of B-splines to volatility modeling, specifically the calibration of the leverage function in stochastic local volatility models and the parameterization of an arbitrage-free implied volatility surface calibrated to sparse option data. We use an extension of classical B-splines …
Study local volatility from rough volatility models, finding new skew rule.
problem Understanding local volatility from rough volatility models.
method Analyzing asymptotic behavior of local volatility surface generated by rough stochastic volatility models.
result New skew rule: ratio of implied and local vol skews tends to 1/(H + 3/2).
This paper explores the harmonic mean of implied volatility and its relation to local volatility.
problem Understanding the relationship between implied volatility and local volatility.
method Investigates the harmonic mean of a positive function for any fixed maturity, linking it to Fukasawa's invertible map.
result The short-dated implied volatility approaches the arithmetic mean of the local volatility in a new coordinate system.
It has often been stated that, within the class of continuous stochastic volatility models calibrated to vanillas, the price of a VIX future is maximized by the Dupire local volatility model. In this article we prove that this statement is incorrect: we build a continuous stochastic volatility model in which a VIX futu…
New method uses reinforcement learning to calibrate financial models.
problem Finding continuous-time diffusion models that fit market option prices.
method Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) to search stochastic process space.
result Algorithm learns local volatility and path-dependence for Bermudan options.
We extend Dupire's formula for stochastic interest rates and local volatility.
problem Deriving formulas for stochastic interest rates and local volatility.
method Generalizations of Dupire's formula for stochastic drift and local volatility.
result Validated the limits of the generalized Dupire formulae for specific cases.
We show that the frequent claim that the implied tree prices exotic options consistently with the market is untrue if the local volatilities are subject to change and the market is arbitrage-free. In the process, we analyse -- in the most general context -- the impact of stochastic variables on the P&L of a hedged port…
The paper proposes an expanded version of the Local Variance Gamma model of Carr and Nadtochiy by adding drift to the governing underlying process. Still in this new model it is possible to derive an ordinary differential equation for the option price which plays a role of Dupire's equation for the standard local volat…
It is well known that in models with time-homogeneous local volatility functions and constant interest and dividend rates, the European Put prices are transformed into European Call prices by the simultaneous exchanges of the interest and dividend rates and of the strike and spot price of the underlying. This paper inv…
The paper solves the skewness problem in high-dimensional basket options.
problem Inconsistent skewness between individual stock options and basket options on an index.
method Developed an effective local volatility model and calibrated the basket to the index smile using a jump-diffusion model.
result The method resolves the skewness issue, matching the index smile in basket option prices.
We present a stochastic-local volatility model for derivative contracts on commodity futures able to describe forward-curve and smile dynamics with a fast calibration to liquid market quotes. A parsimonious parametrization is introduced to deal with the limited number of options quoted in the market. Cleared commodity …
Using Malliavin calculus techniques, we derive an analytical formula for the price of European options, for any model including local volatility and Poisson jump process. We show that the accuracy of the formula depends on the smoothness of the payoff function. Our approach relies on an asymptotic expansion related to …
We propose a novel and generic calibration technique for four-factor foreign-exchange hybrid local-stochastic volatility models with stochastic short rates. We build upon the particle method introduced by Guyon and Labordère [Nonlinear Option Pricing, Chapter 11, Chapman and Hall, 2013] and combine it with new variance…
We propose a new framework for modeling stochastic local volatility, with potential applications to modeling derivatives on interest rates, commodities, credit, equity, FX etc., as well as hybrid derivatives. Our model extends the linearity-generating unspanned volatility term structure model by Carr et al. (2011) by a…
We enhance short-rate models to control implied volatility analytically.
problem Controlling implied volatility in short-rate models.
method Randomized Affine Diffusion (RAnD) method applied to Heath-Jarrow-Morton framework.
result Randomized short-rate models improve calibration and control implied volatility shapes.