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Moment generating functions and Normalized implied volatilities: unification and extension via Fukasawa's pricing formula

Pricing of Securities 2017-05-04 v2

Abstract

We extend the model-free formula of [Fukasawa 2012] for E[Ψ(XT)]\mathbb E[\Psi(X_T)], where XT=logST/FX_T=\log S_T/F is the log-price of an asset, to functions Ψ\Psi of exponential growth. The resulting integral representation is written in terms of normalized implied volatilities. Just as Fukasawa's work provides rigourous ground for Chriss and Morokoff's (1999) model-free formula for the log-contract (related to the Variance swap implied variance), we prove an expression for the moment generating function E[epXT]\mathbb E[e^{p X_T}] on its analyticity domain, that encompasses (and extends) Matytsin's formula [Matytsin 2000] for the characteristic function E[eiηXT]\mathbb E[e^{i \eta X_T}] and Bergomi's formula [Bergomi 2016] for E[epXT]\mathbb E[e^{p X_T}], p[0,1]p \in [0,1]. Besides, we (i) show that put-call duality transforms the first normalized implied volatility into the second, and (ii) analyze the invertibility of the extended transformation d(p,)=pd1+(1p)d2d(p,\cdot) = p \, d_1 + (1-p)d_2 when pp lies outside [0,1][0,1]. As an application of (i), one can generate representations for the MGF (or other payoffs) by switching between one normalized implied volatility and the other.

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@article{arxiv.1703.00957,
  title  = {Moment generating functions and Normalized implied volatilities: unification and extension via Fukasawa's pricing formula},
  author = {Stefano De Marco and Claude Martini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.00957},
  year   = {2017}
}

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27 pages, 4 figures