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VIX options in the SABR model

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  • Lingjiong Zhu

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We study the pricing of VIX options in the SABR model $dS_t = \sigma_t S_t^\beta dB_t, d\sigma_t = \omega \sigma_t dZ_t$ where $B_t,Z_t$ are standard Brownian motions correlated with correlation $\rho

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  • Dan Pirjol & Lingjiong Zhu, 2025. "VIX options in the SABR model," Papers 2501.06398, arXiv.org, revised Jul 2025.
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