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Asymptotics of the time-discretized log-normal SABR model: The implied volatility surface

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  • Dan Pirjol
  • Lingjiong Zhu

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We propose a novel time discretization for the log-normal SABR model which is a popular stochastic volatility model that is widely used in financial practice. Our time discretization is a variant of the Euler-Maruyama scheme. We study its asymptotic properties in the limit of a large number of time steps under a certain asymptotic regime which includes the case of finite maturity, small vol-of-vol and large initial volatility with fixed product of vol-of-vol and initial volatility. We derive an almost sure limit and a large deviations result for the log-asset price in the limit of large number of time steps. We derive an exact representation of the implied volatility surface for arbitrary maturity and strike in this regime. Using this representation we obtain analytical expansions of the implied volatility for small maturity and extreme strikes, which reproduce at leading order known asymptotic results for the continuous time model.

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  • Dan Pirjol & Lingjiong Zhu, 2020. "Asymptotics of the time-discretized log-normal SABR model: The implied volatility surface," Papers 2001.09850, arXiv.org, revised Mar 2020.
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