Speculators who wish to bet on higher future volatility often purchase options to “go long volatility.” Should … investors who buy options expect to profit when realized volatility increases? If so, under what conditions? To answer these … questions, we conduct an analysis of the relationship between long volatility performance (buying options) and contemporaneous …

evolve, many investors continue to forecast volatility using traditional approaches that are ill-suited to the time …-changing nature of volatility. In this paper, I analyze the performance of seven different multivariate-volatility models using a new … poorly when trying to forecast short-term volatility, and that a more dynamic model often provides superior out …