Short-maturity asymptotics for VIX and European options in local-stochastic volatility models

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Main Authors: Pirjol, Dan, Wang, Xiaoyu, Zhu, Lingjiong
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author Pirjol, Dan
Wang, Xiaoyu
Zhu, Lingjiong
author_facet Pirjol, Dan
Wang, Xiaoyu
Zhu, Lingjiong
contents We derive the short-maturity asymptotics for European and VIX option prices in local-stochastic volatility models where the volatility follows a continuous-path Markov process. Both out-of-the-money (OTM) and at-the-money (ATM) asymptotics are considered. Using large deviations theory methods, the asymptotics for the OTM options are expressed as a two-dimensional variational problem, which is reduced to an extremal problem for a function of two real variables. This extremal problem is solved explicitly in an expansion in log-moneyness. We derive series expansions for the implied volatility for European and VIX options which should be useful for model calibration. We give explicit results for two classes of local-stochastic volatility models relevant in practice, with Heston-type and SABR-type stochastic volatility. The leading-order asymptotics for at-the-money options are computed in closed-form. The asymptotic results reproduce known results in the literature for the Heston and SABR models and for the uncorrelated local-stochastic volatility model. The asymptotic results are tested against numerical simulations for a local-stochastic volatility model with bounded local volatility.
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spellingShingle Short-maturity asymptotics for VIX and European options in local-stochastic volatility models
Pirjol, Dan
Wang, Xiaoyu
Zhu, Lingjiong
Pricing of Securities
We derive the short-maturity asymptotics for European and VIX option prices in local-stochastic volatility models where the volatility follows a continuous-path Markov process. Both out-of-the-money (OTM) and at-the-money (ATM) asymptotics are considered. Using large deviations theory methods, the asymptotics for the OTM options are expressed as a two-dimensional variational problem, which is reduced to an extremal problem for a function of two real variables. This extremal problem is solved explicitly in an expansion in log-moneyness. We derive series expansions for the implied volatility for European and VIX options which should be useful for model calibration. We give explicit results for two classes of local-stochastic volatility models relevant in practice, with Heston-type and SABR-type stochastic volatility. The leading-order asymptotics for at-the-money options are computed in closed-form. The asymptotic results reproduce known results in the literature for the Heston and SABR models and for the uncorrelated local-stochastic volatility model. The asymptotic results are tested against numerical simulations for a local-stochastic volatility model with bounded local volatility.
title Short-maturity asymptotics for VIX and European options in local-stochastic volatility models
topic Pricing of Securities
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.16813