Modeling Implied Volatility Surfaces using 2D Penalized B-Splines: A Numerical Analysis

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contents <p>This report investigates numerical methods for constructing implied volatility surfaces (IVS) from financial option data, with a focus on stability, convergence, and error analysis. Developed as a capstone for the Computational Mathematics Certificate at the University of Colorado Boulder, the study applies Newton-Raphson root-finding, natural cubic spline interpolation, and two-dimensional penalized B-splines solved with LSQR. The work explores the trade-off between accuracy and smoothness in volatility surface modeling and demonstrates that minimally penalized fits (λ ≈ 0.0001–1.0) achieve strong performance while avoiding oscillations. The findings contribute to applied numerical analysis in finance and illustrate practical applications of computational mathematics techniques.</p>
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spellingShingle Modeling Implied Volatility Surfaces using 2D Penalized B-Splines: A Numerical Analysis
Conway-Burt, Sebastian
Implied volatility
Volatility surface
Penalized B-splines
LSQR algorithm
Numerical analysis
Computational finance
Option pricing
<p>This report investigates numerical methods for constructing implied volatility surfaces (IVS) from financial option data, with a focus on stability, convergence, and error analysis. Developed as a capstone for the Computational Mathematics Certificate at the University of Colorado Boulder, the study applies Newton-Raphson root-finding, natural cubic spline interpolation, and two-dimensional penalized B-splines solved with LSQR. The work explores the trade-off between accuracy and smoothness in volatility surface modeling and demonstrates that minimally penalized fits (λ ≈ 0.0001–1.0) achieve strong performance while avoiding oscillations. The findings contribute to applied numerical analysis in finance and illustrate practical applications of computational mathematics techniques.</p>
title Modeling Implied Volatility Surfaces using 2D Penalized B-Splines: A Numerical Analysis
topic Implied volatility
Volatility surface
Penalized B-splines
LSQR algorithm
Numerical analysis
Computational finance
Option pricing
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16930181