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48 results for rough fractional volatility

Study finds roughness in volatility despite diffusive instantaneous volatility.

problem Determining the roughness of volatility in financial assets.
method Non-parametric method based on normalized pp-th variation for estimating roughness of sample paths.
result Realized volatility exhibits rough behavior with a significantly smaller Hurst exponent than instantaneous volatility.

Study confirms rough volatility in financial data, independent of microstructure noise.

problem Characterizing volatility in financial markets, especially rough volatility.
method Used range-based volatility estimators to confirm findings from fractional behavior.
result Log-volatility behaves like fractional Brownian motion with an even lower Hurst exponent.

Model rough volatility using RDEs with correlated Brownian motion and fractional Brownian motion.

problem Modeling rough volatility with correlated stochastic processes.
method Developed a method to lift Brownian motion and rough paths, applying it to fractional Brownian motion to model rough volatility.
result Calibrated a new rough volatility model to market data.

New rough stochastic volatility models using log-modulated fractional Brownian motion.

problem Analyzing rough stochastic volatility models over the range 0H<1/20 \le H < 1/2.
method Introducing log-modulated fractional Brownian motion (log-fBm) to handle H=0H = 0 and analyze over the full range.
result Obtained skew asymptotics of log(1/T)pTH1/2\log(1/T)^{-p} T^{H-1/2} as To0T o 0 for H0H \ge 0, no flattening of skew as Ho0H o 0.

Study tests rough fractional volatility model across different time scales, revealing new volatility patterns.

problem Testing robustness of rough fractional volatility model over various time scales.
method Used large dataset on FX rates, included smoothing and measurement errors, analyzed log-log plots of realized variance increments.
result Found new stylized facts in volatility patterns, including convexity and nonlinear behavior.

Estimates roughness of volatility from discrete variance data.

problem Estimating roughness exponent of stochastic volatility from discrete observations of integrated variance.
method Pathwise estimator based on fractional Brownian motion with drift.
result Strong consistency theorems for rough volatility models.

Study approximates rough stochastic volatility models using diffusion processes.

problem High computational cost in simulating rough stochastic volatility models.
method Approximates stochastic Volterra equations with an N-dimensional diffusion process.
result Approximations converge strongly with superpolynomial rate in N.

Rough volatility models are continuous time stochastic volatility models where the volatility process is driven by a fractional Brownian motion with the Hurst parameter smaller than half, and have attracted much attention since a seminal paper titled "Volatility is rough" was posted on SSRN in 2014 showing that the log…

2019-05-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Study approximates weak error for specific stochastic models with rough and Gaussian mean-reverting volatility.

problem Approximating weak error for specific stochastic models with rough and Gaussian mean-reverting volatility.
method Used Euler type scheme with integrated kernels to study weak convergence rate.
result Obtained weak convergence rate of min(3α1,1)\min(3α-1,1) for discretised rough Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process and stochastic rough volatility model.

It has been recently shown that rough volatility models, where the volatility is driven by a fractional Brownian motion with small Hurst parameter, provide very relevant dynamics in order to reproduce the behavior of both historical and implied volatilities. However, due to the non-Markovian nature of the fractional Br…

2016-09-07abs ↗pdf ↗

Study provides LDP for non self-similar stochastic volatility models.

problem Analyzing non self-similar stochastic volatility models.
method Short-time large deviation principle (LDP) for models with Volterra process.
result Derives consequences for option prices, implied volatility surfaces, and skew.

Study rough volatility models using path-dependent PDEs and fractional Brownian motions.

problem Modeling and analyzing rough volatility in financial markets.
method Showed conditional expectations are unique classical solutions to path-dependent PDEs derived from functional Itô formula. Leverage these to study weak rates of convergence for discretized stochastic integrals.
result Obtained optimal weak error rates for approximating log-stock prices in rough volatility models.

The paper explores how score-driven models can approximate rough volatility.

problem Modeling rough volatility with long memory structures.
method Extending score-driven models to include infinite-lag structures and heavy-tailed decay.
result Score-driven models converge to fractional Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes under appropriate scaling.

Paper extends a method to estimate Hurst parameter for rough stochastic volatility models.

problem Estimating Hurst parameter of rough stochastic volatility models from discrete observations.
method Extends a scale-invariant estimator to a general nonlinear function.
result Consistent estimation of Hurst parameter for a wide class of rough stochastic volatility models.

Improved volatility models for option pricing with weak error rates.

problem Improving volatility models to fit market data better.
method Developed a weak convergence analysis for the Euler method applied to linear rough volatility models.
result Proved weak convergence rates of 1/2 + H for linear models and 1 for quadratic payoffs.

Researchers develop optimal methods to estimate rough volatility parameters.

problem Statistical inference for rough volatility models with fractional Brownian motion.
method Established minimax lower bounds and designed wavelet-based procedures.
result Optimal speed of convergence n1/(4H+2)n^{-1/(4H+2)} for estimating HH.

Study improves weak error estimates for rough volatility models.

problem Efficient numerical schemes for non-Markovian stochastic processes with rough volatility.
method Analyzes weak rates for a class of stochastic processes with rough stochastic volatility.
result Weak rate is of order min{3H+0.5, 1} for a large class of test functions.

Study on error rates for approximating rough volatility models.

problem Simulation of rough volatility models with fractional Brownian motion.
method Analysis of weak error rates for numerical schemes, focusing on fBm and cubic test functions.
result Convergence rates for approximations are (3H+12)1(3H+ \frac{1}{2}) \wedge 1 for exact left-point discretization and H+12H+\frac{1}{2} for hybrid schemes.

Paper tackles rough volatility estimation from high-frequency data.

problem Estimating historical volatility from high-frequency asset price data.
method Uses fractional Brownian motion representation and particle methods for filtering and parameter estimation.
result Demonstrates efficient estimation of rough volatility using standard techniques.

Paper approximates rough stochastic local volatility models for efficient computation.

problem No unified method for rough stochastic local volatility models.
method Semimartingale and continuous-time Markov chain approximation.
result Fast CTMC algorithm with weak convergence proved.

Modeling joint log-volatility dynamics with multivariate fractional Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process.

problem Empirical evidence of joint behavior in realized volatility time series.
method Multivariate fractional Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process with different Hurst exponents and non-trivial interdependencies.
result Model accurately captures asymmetries and spillover effects in realized-volatility time series.

Study models market volatility with persistent and temporary impacts.

problem Microstructure of rough volatility models driven by Poisson measures.
method Existence and uniqueness of solutions for stochastic path-dependent Volterra equations.
result Volatility process converges to fractional Heston model with spikes.

The paper introduces a new method to detect rough volatility and market states using fractional derivatives.

problem Testing self-similarity in fractional processes from a single observed trajectory is difficult under long-range dependence.
method The paper introduces a regime-adaptive KS/GL--KS framework based on the discrete Grünwald--Letnikov (GL) fractional derivative.
result The method detects rough volatility and persistent, anti-persistent, or efficient market states in financial applications.

This paper investigates the relationship between price multiscaling and volatility roughness in financial markets.

problem The inability of traditional models to capture financial stylized facts like volatility roughness and multiscaling.
method Simulation experiments and real data analysis using a rough volatility model.
result The rough volatility model fails to reproduce the multiscaling features of real data, indicating a negative interplay between multiscaling and volatility roughness.

Rough volatility models are known to reproduce the behavior of historical volatility data while at the same time fitting the volatility surface remarkably well, with very few parameters. However, managing the risks of derivatives under rough volatility can be intricate since the dynamics involve fractional Brownian mot…

2017-03-15abs ↗pdf ↗

The study tackles rough noise in high-frequency financial data using fractional Brownian motion.

problem Impediments to analyzing high-frequency financial data due to noise.
method Assuming an efficient price process as a continuous Itô semimartingale, the study derives consistent estimators and confidence intervals for roughness parameters and volatilities.
result The rough noise model explains divergence rates in volatility signature plots over time and between assets.

Develops a GMM method to estimate roughness in stochastic volatility models.

problem Estimating roughness in stochastic volatility models with fractional Brownian motion.
method GMM approach for log-normal models with integrated variance and noisy realized variance.
result Consistent and asymptotically normal parameter estimator with bias correction.

Rough volatility models are very appealing because of their remarkable fit of both historical and implied volatilities. However, due to the non-Markovian and non-semimartingale nature of the volatility process, there is no simple way to simulate efficiently such models, which makes risk management of derivatives an int…

2018-01-31abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider a class of fractional stochastic volatility models (including the so-called rough Bergomi model), where the volatility is a superlinear function of a fractional Gaussian process. We show that the stock price is a true martingale if and only if the correlation ρρ between the driving Brownian motions of the …

2018-11-27abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider a fractional version of the Heston volatility model which is inspired by [16]. Within this model we treat portfolio optimization problems for power utility functions. Using a suitable representation of the fractional part, followed by a reasonable approximation we show that it is possible to cast the proble…

2018-09-27abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper improves simulation methods for rough Volterra stochastic volatility models.

problem Inefficient techniques in Monte-Carlo simulations for rough Volterra volatility models.
method Comparison and modification of three simulation methods: Cholesky, Hybrid, and rDonsker schemes.
result Suggests modifications to improve simulation accuracy and efficiency.

A universal LSTM model outperforms asset-specific models in forecasting stock volatilities.

problem Forecasting stock volatilities across different assets.
method Trained an LSTM network on a pooled dataset of liquid stocks to forecast daily realized volatilities.
result The LSTM model consistently outperforms other asset-specific parametric models in volatility forecasting.

Estimating volatility from recent high frequency data, we revisit the question of the smoothness of the volatility process. Our main result is that log-volatility behaves essentially as a fractional Brownian motion with Hurst exponent H of order 0.1, at any reasonable time scale. This leads us to adopt the fractional s…

2014-10-13abs ↗pdf ↗

New model for pricing volatility derivatives considering rough volatility and jumps.

problem Modeling instantaneous volatility with rough volatility and jumps.
method Generalized fractional Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process with Lévy subordinator and sinusoidal-composite Lévy process.
result Pricing-hedging formulae for power-type derivatives on average forward variance are derived.

It has been recently shown that spot volatilities can be very well modeled by rough stochastic volatility type dynamics. In such models, the log-volatility follows a fractional Brownian motion with Hurst parameter smaller than 1/2. This result has been established using high frequency volatility estimations from histor…

2017-02-09abs ↗pdf ↗

Researchers derive an analytic expression for Gaussian stochastic volatility models.

problem Analyzing rich autocorrelation structures and persistence in financial markets.
method Two different analytic derivations of the joint characteristic function.
result First analytic formulae for option pricing in rough volatility models.

We consider rough stochastic volatility models where the driving noise of volatility has fractional scaling, in the "rough" regime of Hurst parameter H<1/2H < 1/2. This regime recently attracted a lot of attention both from the statistical and option pricing point of view. With focus on the latter, we sharpen the large de…

2017-03-15abs ↗pdf ↗

Recent empirical studies suggest that the volatilities associated with financial time series exhibit short-range correlations. This entails that the volatility process is very rough and its autocorrelation exhibits sharp decay at the origin. Another classic stylistic feature often assumed for the volatility is that it …

2017-06-29abs ↗pdf ↗

We consider the fractional Heston model originally proposed by Comte, Coutin and Renault. Inspired by recent ground-breaking work on rough volatility, which showed that models with volatility driven by fractional Brownian motion with short memory allows for better calibration of the volatility surface and more robust e…

2014-11-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Method predicts LFSM increments from past observations using codifference.

problem Forecasting LFSM increments from discrete-time observations.
method Uses codifference for serial dependence, with conditional expectation or projection for α>1α>1 or α<2α<2.
result Method shows promising performance in forecasting volatilities, capturing kurtosis and serial dependence.

The non-Markovian nature of rough volatility processes makes Monte Carlo methods challenging and it is in fact a major challenge to develop fast and accurate simulation algorithms. We provide an efficient one for stochastic Volterra processes, based on an extension of Donsker's approximation of Brownian motion to the f…

2017-11-08abs ↗pdf ↗