virtually any stochastic volatility model model can be approximated arbitrarily well by a carefully chosen continuous time … illustrates these contributions of the paper, estimating a stochastic volatility jump diffusion model …

We consider a tractable affine stochastic volatility model that generalizes the seminal Heston (1993) model by … variance, and we examine the impact of the distribution of jumps on the associated implied volatility smile. We provide … sufficient conditions for the asymptotic behavior of the implied volatility of variance for small and large strikes. In …

This paper provides a number of relevant guidelines to build a consistent Volatility Smile accounting for the FX market …

In this paper we investigate the asymptotics of forward-start options and the forward implied volatility smile in the …

We prove here a general closed-form expansion formula for forward-start options and the forward implied volatility … smile in a large class of models, including the Heston stochastic volatility and time-changed exponential Levy models … particular) many results for the spot implied volatility smile.In passing we (i) show that the forward-start date has to be …

volatility jump diffusion model …

Financial markets exhibit high levels of volatility. Volatile markets are usually associated with high risks and … high volatility using a suitable hedging structure. One particular volatility hedge, involves taking a position in an …

This paper provides an empirical study on the predictability of implied volatility using dataset collected from the … implied volatility characteristics across various maturities. We applied both in and out-of-sample tests that include the … provides evidence of non-random movement in the implied volatility series and indicates predictability of implied volatility …