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Local Variance Gamma And Explicit Calibration To Option Prices

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  • Peter Carr
  • Sergey Nadtochiy

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In some options markets (e.g. commodities), options are listed with only a single maturity for each underlying. In others, (e.g. equities, currencies), options are listed with multiple maturities. In this paper, we provide an algorithm for calibrating a pure jump Markov martingale model to match the market prices of European options of multiple strikes and maturities. This algorithm only requires solutions of several one-dimensional root-search problems, as well as application of elementary functions. We show how to construct a time-homogeneous process which meets a single smile, and a piecewise time-homogeneous process which can meet multiple smiles.
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  • Peter Carr & Sergey Nadtochiy, 2017. "Local Variance Gamma And Explicit Calibration To Option Prices," Mathematical Finance, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 27(1), pages 151-193, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:mathfi:v:27:y:2017:i:1:p:151-193
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    1. A. Itkin & A. Lipton & D. Muravey, 2021. "Multilayer heat equations: application to finance," Papers 2102.08338, arXiv.org.
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    7. Rene Carmona & Yi Ma & Sergey Nadtochiy, 2015. "Simulation of Implied Volatility Surfaces via Tangent Levy Models," Papers 1504.00334, arXiv.org.
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    10. Fabien Le Floc'h, 2020. "An arbitrage-free interpolation of class $C^2$ for option prices," Papers 2004.08650, arXiv.org, revised May 2020.

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