English

Reconciling rough volatility with jumps

Mathematical Finance 2024-09-13 v2 Computational Finance

Abstract

We reconcile rough volatility models and jump models using a class of reversionary Heston models with fast mean reversions and large vol-of-vols. Starting from hyper-rough Heston models with a Hurst index H(1/2,1/2)H \in (-1/2,1/2), we derive a Markovian approximating class of one dimensional reversionary Heston-type models. Such proxies encode a trade-off between an exploding vol-of-vol and a fast mean-reversion speed controlled by a reversionary time-scale ϵ>0\epsilon>0 and an unconstrained parameter HRH \in \mathbb R. Sending ϵ\epsilon to 0 yields convergence of the reversionary Heston model towards different explicit asymptotic regimes based on the value of the parameter H. In particular, for H1/2H \leq -1/2, the reversionary Heston model converges to a class of L\'evy jump processes of Normal Inverse Gaussian type. Numerical illustrations show that the reversionary Heston model is capable of generating at-the-money skews similar to the ones generated by rough, hyper-rough and jump models.

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@article{arxiv.2303.07222,
  title  = {Reconciling rough volatility with jumps},
  author = {Eduardo Abi Jaber and Nathan De Carvalho},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.07222},
  year   = {2024}
}
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