volatility jump diffusion model …

Prior literature shows that the implied volatility spread between call and put options is a bullish signal for future … returns on the underlying stocks. A common interpretation is that a high call-put implied volatility spread indicates … volatility spread is a strong bearish signal for future returns on out-of-the-money call options. Using unique data on daily …

options under low-dimensional stochastic volatility models. We derive multidimensional transforms which allow us to construct … efficient path-independent lattices for virtually all low-dimensional stochastic volatility models given in the literature … including one volatility factor-based stochastic volatility (SV) models, two volatility factors-based SV models, stochastic …

Equity option markets exhibit intense trading activity. We use the variability of option implied volatility spread as a …. Over the 2006 – 2016 period, we find that the predictive power of option implied volatility spread for future stock returns … is significantly greater when implied volatility spread has been more variable in the past. Our results are statistically …

-ante measures of volatility, skewness, and kurtosis implied from stock option prices are positively related to the cross section of … volatility, only the unsystematic components of skewness and kurtosis are related to the cross section of expected stock returns …

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 …