Target volatility option pricing in the lognormal fractional SABR model

We examine in this article the pricing of target volatility options in the lognormal fractional SABR model. A decomposition formula of Itô's calculus yields an approximation formula for the price of a target volatility option in small time by the technique of freezing the coefficient. A decomp...

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Main Authors: Alòs, E. (Author), Chatterjee, R. (Author), Tudor, S.F (Author), Wang, T.-H (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Routledge 2019
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Summary:We examine in this article the pricing of target volatility options in the lognormal fractional SABR model. A decomposition formula of Itô's calculus yields an approximation formula for the price of a target volatility option in small time by the technique of freezing the coefficient. A decomposition formula in terms of Malliavin derivatives is also provided. Alternatively, we also derive closed form expressions for a small volatility of volatility expansion of the price of a target volatility option. Numerical experiments show the accuracy of the approximations over a reasonably wide range of parameters. © 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
ISBN:14697688 (ISSN)
DOI:10.1080/14697688.2019.1574021