Arbitrage Free Approximations to Candidate Volatility Surface Quotations

It is argued that the growth in the breadth of option strikes traded after the financial crisis of 2008 poses difficulties for the use of Fourier inversion methodologies in volatility surface calibration. Continuous time Markov chain approximations are proposed as an alternative. They are shown to b...

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Main Authors: Dilip B. Madan, Wim Schoutens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-04-01
Series:Journal of Risk and Financial Management
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1911-8074/12/2/69