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Fine-tune your smile: Correction to Hagan et al

Computational Finance 2008-12-02 v3 Probability Statistical Finance

Abstract

In this small note we use results derived in Berestycki et al. to correct the celebrated formulae of Hagan et al. We derive explicitly the correct zero order term in the expansion of the implied volatility in time to maturity. The new term is consistent as β1\beta\to 1. Furthermore, numerical simulations show that it reduces or eliminates known pathologies of the earlier formula.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0708.0998,
  title  = {Fine-tune your smile: Correction to Hagan et al},
  author = {Jan Obloj},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.0998},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

Typos and reference corrected. Eq (3) valid for all x now

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