The paper calibrates SPX and VIX options using optimal transport.
problem Joint calibration of SPX and VIX options or futures.
method Semimartingale optimal transport problem with PDE formulation and dual formulation.
result The model accurately calibrates SPX, VIX options, and futures simultaneously.
New framework allows selective removal of stale data in option calibration.
problem Inability to remove old data from calibrated option pricing models without full retraining.
method Introduces operator-theoretic Gauss-Newton framework for selective forgetting.
result Provides stability guarantees and perturbation bounds for selective data removal.
Survey of Optimal Transport for model calibration.
problem Model calibration using Optimal Transport.
method General framework and numerical algorithms for various models.
result Calibration of volatility models and path-dependent options.
In this paper an improved Cuckoo Search Algorithm is developed to allow for an efficient and robust calibration of the Heston option pricing model for American options. Calibration of stochastic volatility models like the Heston is significantly harder than classical option pricing models as more parameters have to be …
ANN improves option pricing models by calibrating parameters faster and more accurately.
problem Calibration of GARCH-type option pricing models is computationally intensive and model-dependent.
method Trained ANN models on Monte Carlo simulation data to calibrate GARCH parameters.
result ANN outperforms traditional methods in calibration speed and accuracy.
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.
Deep learning calibrates HJM forward curves for commodity options pricing.
problem Calibrating HJM forward curves for accurate option pricing in commodity markets.
method Introduced a neural network to approximate true option prices from model parameters, calibrated using observed option prices.
result Neural network calibration yields high accuracy in recovering option prices, even with model parameter approximation loss.
Time-series calibrations often suggest that the GARCH diffusion model could also be a suitable candidate for option (risk-neutral) calibration. But unlike the popular Heston model, it lacks a fast, semi-analytic solution for the pricing of vanilla options, perhaps the main reason why it is not used in this way. In this…
In an incomplete financial market, the axiomatic of Time Consistent Pricing Procedure (TCPP), recently introduced, is used to assign to any financial asset a dynamic limit order book, taking into account both the dynamics of basic assets and the limit order books for options. Kreps-Yan fundamental theorem is extended t…
SWIFT method speeds up Heston model calibration for European options.
problem Calibrating the Heston model for European options efficiently.
method Extends SWIFT method to Heston model, simplifying gradient computation.
result Extremely fast calibration, outperforming state-of-the-art methods.
Weighted Monte Carlo prices exotic options calibrating the probabilities of previously generated paths by a regular Monte Carlo to fit a set of option premiums. When only vanilla call and put options and forward prices are considered, the Martingale condition might not be preserved. This paper shows that this is indeed…
Proposes a new model for equity options calibration.
problem Calibration of joint SPX/VIX options.
method Replaces fractional Brownian motion with grey Brownian motion.
result Shows potential advantages and calibration results for new model.
American put options are among the most frequently traded single stock options, and their calibration is computationally challenging since no closed-form expression is available. Due to the higher flexibility in comparison to European options, the mathematical model involves additional constraints, and a variational in…
Efficiently calibrates Bergomi models to VIX derivatives using vector quantization.
problem Calibrating Bergomi models to VIX derivatives for accurate pricing.
method Applied vector quantization in mixed Bergomi models for fast and efficient option pricing.
result Calibration of Bergomi models to VIX derivatives is feasible and accurate over daily data.
The paper proposes a new method to calibrate option pricing models that accurately match both volatility surfaces and variance term structures.
problem Calibrated models often produce inaccurate variance term structures relative to market observations.
method The paper introduces a joint calibration framework that augments the conventional objective function with a penalty term for variance term structure deviations, using a hyperparameter to balance volatility surface and variance term structure weights.
result The proposed method accurately fits observed option prices while delivering realistic term structures of variance.
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.
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.
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 apply supervised deep neural networks (DNNs) for pricing and calibration of both vanilla and exotic options under both diffusion and pure jump processes with and without stochastic volatility. We train our neural network models under different number of layers, neurons per layer, and various different activation fun…
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.
This paper characterizes and designs loss functions for robust classification with abstention.
problem Ensuring robustness against adversarial attacks and knowing when to abstain from prediction.
method Proposes adversarial robust reject option loss and characterizes surrogates for calibration.
result Shifted Double Ramp Loss and Shifted Double Sigmoid Loss satisfy the calibration conditions.
Space mapping calibrates financial models, shown feasible for Heston model.
problem Calibrating financial models with few observable parameters and non-linear constraints.
method Space mapping approach using a coarse surrogate model and fine model calibration.
result Space mapping approach feasible for Heston model calibration.
New method calibrates crypto option prices more robustly.
problem Large bid-ask spreads and missing quotes in crypto markets.
method Designs a novel calibration procedure for crypto options.
result Calibration is more robust and accurate than standard methods.
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.
Deep neural network improves Heston model calibration accuracy and speed.
problem Calibrating the Heston model with numerical stability issues.
method Gradient-based deep learning framework (DDN) to learn Heston model and its derivatives.
result DDN significantly outperforms non-differential neural networks in calibration accuracy and speed.
Extracting implied information, like volatility and/or dividend, from observed option prices is a challenging task when dealing with American options, because of the computational costs needed to solve the corresponding mathematical problem many thousands of times. We will employ a data-driven machine learning approach…
We create precise formulas for VIX option implied volatility.
problem Calibrating VIX option prices in forward variance models.
method Developed closed-form expansions using weak-approximation techniques.
result Explicit formulas for implied volatility with computable correction terms.
New method preserves option structure while using neural networks for volatility.
problem Inconsistent exotic option prices with model calibration.
method Volatility Feature Approach (VFA) using neural networks.
result VFA outperforms model calibration approach for practical volatility surfaces.
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.
In some options markets (e.g. commodities), options are listed with only a single maturity for each underlying. In others, (e.g. equities, currencies), options are listed with multiple maturities. In this paper, we provide an algorithm for calibrating a pure jump Markov martingale model to match the market prices of Eu…
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.
Observing prices of European put and call options, we calibrate exponential Lévy models nonparametrically. We discuss the efficient implementation of the spectral estimation procedures for Lévy models of finite jump activity as well as for self-decomposable Lévy models. Based on finite sample variances, confidence inte…
Neural model improves option pricing by calibrating additive process term structure.
problem Calibrating additive process models for option pricing with time-dependent parameters.
method Proposes neural term structure model using feedforward neural networks to represent term structure.
result Improves option pricing accuracy with neural term structure model.
The paper calibrates a model to market quotes efficiently and arbitrage-free.
problem Calibrating a model to market option quotes efficiently and without arbitrage.
method Piecewise-linear local variance function for efficient calibration.
result Arbitrage-free interpolation of class C2 achieved under one millisecond. We use AD to compute gradients for complex functionals in stochastic model calibration.
problem Computing gradients for functions involving expectations in stochastic models.
method Automatic Adjoint Differentiation and parallelization.
result Faster and easier to implement approaches for gradient computation.
Unified model for equity option pricing and interest-rate risk assessment.
problem Pricing short and medium-term equity options and interest-rate risk.
method Developed a stochastic modeling framework using Heston, Bates, and CIR models, calibrated using Fourier inversion and FFT.
result Calibration stability and convergence of parameter sets across models.
Energy companies need efficient procedures to perform market calibration of stochastic models for commodities. If the Black framework is chosen for option pricing, the bottleneck of the market calibration is the computation of the variance of the asset. Energy commodities are commonly represented by multi-factor linear…
The model uses signatures to accurately calibrate SPX and VIX options without jumps or rough volatility.
problem Joint calibration of SPX and VIX options without jumps or rough volatility.
method The approach uses a stochastic volatility model with signatures of polynomial diffusions to price and calibrate SPX and VIX options.
result Highly accurate calibration results for SPX and VIX options without adding jumps or rough volatility.
This paper analyses the implementation and calibration of the Heston Stochastic Volatility Model. We first explain how characteristic functions can be used to estimate option prices. Then we consider the implementation of the Heston model, showing that relatively simple solutions can lead to fast and accurate vanilla o…
Marketron model extended to option markets, solving incomplete market challenges.
problem Tackling the challenge of incomplete markets in option pricing.
method Utility-based pricing approach, dual solution of optimal investment problem, Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) equation, novel calibration method.
result The Marketron model calibrated to option markets can reproduce statistical properties of underlying asset's log-returns.
Non-spanning identification of scheduled event risk in option pricing.
problem Separating continuous surface from scheduled jump in option pricing.
method Modeling FOMC decisions, CPI releases, and NFP reports as deterministic-time jumps in risk-neutral option pricing.
result Improves held-out event-spanning pricing with Gaussian and two-component mixture jumps.
Develops a PIDE framework for option pricing with stochastic volatility and jumps.
problem Option pricing under stochastic volatility and jumps.
method PIDE framework derived from Lévy-type process, implemented via finite-difference discretization with FFT for nonlocal jump operator, calibrated using GMM.
result Stochastic volatility accounts for most pricing improvement, reducing implied-volatility RMSE by 39% compared to Black-Scholes.
This study uses DRL to hedge American put options, outperforming traditional methods.
problem Hedging American put options with high accuracy and low transaction costs.
method Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (DDPG) method, trained on stochastic volatility models.
result DRL agents outperform traditional methods in both simulated and real-world scenarios.
A new model for S&P 500 and VIX options pricing and calibration.
problem Calibrating and pricing S&P 500 and VIX options with a 4-factor path-dependent volatility model.
method Pathwise neural network approximation of VIX, leveraging Markovianity of the 4-factor model.
result The model accurately fits S&P 500 implied volatilities and reproduces VIX option smiles.
Proposes a method to repair arbitrage in option prices data.
problem Arbitrage in option price data can lead to poor performance or failure of financial applications.
method Formulates data repair as a linear programming (LP) problem to minimise price changes within bid and ask price bounds.
result The proposed method gives sparse perturbations on data and improves model calibration with enhanced robustness and reduced calibration error.
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 paper explores local-correlation models for pricing complex financial contracts.
problem Calibrating synthetic quanto forward contracts and composite options.
method Design on-line calibration procedures for local and stochastic volatility models.
result Calibration performance of local-correlation models compared to simpler approximations.
The paper compares three option pricing models with varying volatility dynamics.
problem Comparing the accuracy and efficiency of different option pricing models with changing volatility.
method Used stochastic volatility models including Heston and MSV, and compared them with existing models on 15 index option datasets.
result Stochastic volatility models achieve comparable accuracy to existing models and are faster to calibrate.