Volatility surface
Filling gaps in market data with optimal transport
Julius Baer quant proposes novel way to generate accurate prices for illiquid maturities
Analytic risk-free rates option pricing with smile and skew
An arbitrage-free short-rate model for backward-looking compounded rates is presented
Skew this: taking the computational burden off basket options
Dan Pirjol presents a snap formula for estimating implied volatility skew in an instant
Smile-consistent basket skew
An analytic approximation for the implied volatility surface of basket options is introduced
A robust stochastic volatility model for interest rates
A swaption pricing model based on a single-factor Cheyette model is shown to fit accurately
How a machine learning model closed a hidden FX arbitrage gap
MUFG Securities quant uses variational inference to control the mid volatility of options
Rising star in quantitative finance: Sigurd Emil Rømer
Risk Awards 2023: Doctoral dissertation outlines more efficient way to simulate rough volatility models
Podcast: Zetocha on mini-futures (not those) and illiquid options
Julius Baer equity quant revels in solving problems for the trading desk
A new approach to marking volatility of illiquid options
Julius Baer quant’s arbitrage-free solution overcomes challenge of sparse data
Sculpting implied volatility surfaces of illiquid assets
From the stock cumulative distribution function an arbitrage-free volatility surface is derived
Interpolating commodity futures prices with Kriging
A futures price’s term structure is built to account for trends and seasonality effects
From ‘cottage industry’ to quant-ready: prop data at JP Morgan
Unique information now “table stakes” for brokers as they compete for new clients
An approximate solution for options market-making
An algorithm for the market-making of options on different underlyings is proposed
Goldman inks modelling, data tie-up with MSCI
Move to cross-sell risk analytics could herald further content deals for bank’s Marquee platform, says sales chief
The volatility paradigm that’s stirring up options pricing
‘Rough volatility’ models promise better pricing and hedging of options. But will they catch on?
A new arbitrage-free parametric volatility surface
A new arbitrage-free volatility surface with closed-form valuation and local volatility is introduced
A tale of two (or three, or four) models
Performance measure based on quality of replicating portfolios outperforms ‘P&L explain’, new paper claims
The extended SSVI volatility surface
This paper extends Gatheral and Jacquier’s surface stochastic volatility-inspired (SSVI) parameterization by making the correlation maturity dependent and obtaining the necessary and sufficient conditions for no calendar-spread arbitrage.
Vix curve gave warning of February volatility spike
Research by NYU’s Marco Avellaneda offers insight into short-vol strategy
Cutting Edge introduction: Continuity error
Continuity error