Joint calibration of VIX and VXX options: does volatility clustering matter?

S Lu - The European Journal of Finance, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This paper studies the effects of volatility clustering on the joint calibration of VIX and VXX
options. We find that model which incorporates volatility clustering outperforms other models …

Random sources correlations and carbon futures pricing

L Feng, J Wang - International Review of Financial Analysis, 2023 - Elsevier
For a long time, the correlation between random sources has never been considered in
carbon futures pricing, which virtually exists. We document the presence of high correlation …

A novel term-structure-based Heston model for implied volatility surface

Y Sun, Y Gong, X Wang, C Liu - International Journal of Computer …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
It remains a challenge for existing financial models to accurately capture the shapes of
implied volatility (IV) of options with all maturities simultaneously. Inspired by Chen et al.'s …

Pricing VXX options by modeling VIX directly

W Lin, JE Zhang - Journal of Futures Markets, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, we first develop a theoretical and model‐free VXX formula in terms of Volatility
Index (VIX) futures in both discrete and continuous forms. The discrete form of VXX can …

Specification analysis of VXX option pricing models under Lévy processes

J Cao, X Ruan, S Su, W Zhang - Journal of Futures Markets, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We conduct a comprehensive study on the specifications of VXX option pricing models
under Lévy processes during the period from 2010 to 2017 based on in‐sample and out‐of …

Does COVID-19 Change the Relationship among Taiwan Stock Index Futures, MSCI Morgan Taiwan Index, and Taiwan Stock Price Index?

C Ya-Chuan, LEE Yao-Hsin… - Expert Journal of …, 2021 - economics.expertjournals.com
This paper discusses the changes of Taiwan stock index futures'(TF) return rate before and
during COVID-19, using the nonlinear regression model to compare the differences as the …

Pricing Volatility Derivatives Under Lévy Processes

S Su - 2021 - openrepository.aut.ac.nz
In this thesis, we study the pricing of the volatility derivatives, including VIX options, VIX
futures, VXX options and S&P 500 variance futures, under Lévy processes with stochastic …