Vix
Volatility knocks
Variable Annuities
"Fear index" hits high as Ted spread breaks 4%
The Ted spread, which tracks the difference between three-month Libor and US Treasury bills, hit yet another all time high today, reaching 4.03% at 1400 BST.
Smile dynamics III
In two articles published in 2004 and 2005 in Risk, Lorenzo Bergomi assessed the structural limitations of existing models for equity derivatives and introduced a new model based on the direct modelling of the joint dynamics of the spot and the implied…
Vix option pricing in a jump-diffusion model
Artur Sepp discusses Vix futures and options and shows that their market prices exhibit positive volatility skew. To better model the market behaviour of the S&P 500 index and its associated volatility skew, he introduces the stochastic dynamics of the…
Calibrating and pricing with local volatility models
Cutting edge - Option pricing
Spike in equity volatility causes pain
A spike in equity volatility last month has caused anxiety among equity derivatives dealers, many of which were short volatility, and raised fears that a prolonged increase could generate hefty mark-to-market losses in equity derivatives trading books.
Calibrating and pricing with embedded local volatility models
Consistently fitting vanilla option surfaces when pricing volatility derivatives such as Vix options or interest rate/equity hybrids is an important issue. Here, Yong Ren, Dilip Madan and Michael Qian Qian show how this can be accomplished, using a…
Realised volatility and variance: options via swaps
Peter Carr and Roger Lee present explicit and readily applicable formulas for valuing options on realised variance and volatility. They use variance and volatility swaps - or alternatively vanilla options - as pricing benchmarks and hedging instruments…
Realised volatility and variance: options via swaps
Volatility Options
CBOE Vix options thrive on first day
The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) has recorded a strong first day of trading for its options on its volatility index, Vix. The number of options traded were 4,328 calls and 5,095 puts, totalling 9,423 contracts by the end of the day on February…