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Power law in Sandwiched Volterra Volatility model

Mathematical Finance 2023-11-03 v1 Probability

Abstract

In this paper, we present analytical proof demonstrating that the Sandwiched Volterra Volatility (SVV) model is able to reproduce the power-law behavior of the at-the-money implied volatility skew, provided the correct choice of the Volterra kernel. To obtain this result, we assess the second-order Malliavin differentiability of the volatility process and investigate the conditions that lead to explosive behavior in the Malliavin derivative. As a supplementary result, we also prove a general Malliavin product rule.

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@article{arxiv.2311.01228,
  title  = {Power law in Sandwiched Volterra Volatility model},
  author = {Giulia Di Nunno and Anton Yurchenko-Tytarenko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2311.01228},
  year   = {2023}
}