Essays about: "empirical volatility smile"

Found 4 essays containing the words empirical volatility smile.

  1. 1. Artificial Intelligence for Option Pricing

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för matematiska vetenskaper

    Author : Emil Hietanen; [2022-06-19]
    Keywords : Options; calls; puts; pricing; artificial neural networks; models; volatility; comparison;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses the issue of vulnerable underlying assumptions used in option pricing methodology. More precisely; underlying assumptions made on the financial assets and markets make option pricing theory vulnerable to changes in the financial framework. READ MORE

  3. 2. Empirical study of methods to complete the swaption volatility cube from the caplet volatility surface

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Tillämpad matematik och statistik

    Author : Niclas Samuelsson; [2021]
    Keywords : fixed income; interest rate derivatives; swaption; cap;

    Abstract : Fixed income markets are vast markets, involving a large number of actors including financial institutions, state actors, asset managers and corporations. An import part of these markets are contracts written on the xIBOR rates. READ MORE

  4. 3. Extracting volatility smiles from historical spot data

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Emil Larsson; [2017]
    Keywords : Monte Carlo option pricing; empirical volatility smile; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The Black-Scholes model has been the fundamental framework for option pricing since its publication 1973, but it is known to have shortcomings. To correct for this, plenty of research in option pricing theory has been focused on calibrating a stochastic process to match asset behavior in the financial markets better than the geometric Brownian motion that Black-Scholes assume describe asset behaviour justly. READ MORE

  5. 4. Predicting the smile: A study on the properties of the volatility surface of S&P Composite 500 Index option

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

    Author : Johan Blomkvist; Viktor Berggren; [2010]
    Keywords : Implied volatility; Volatility smiles; Volatility surface; Options;

    Abstract : The classic Black-Scholes model on option pricing from 1973 has been a widely debated and scrutinized theory over the past decades. Despite its proved limitations and simplifications, it remains as the most used pricing model of public traded options today. READ MORE