-style options. We introduce a skewed version of the Student-t distribution, whose main advantage is that its shape depends on only … four parameters, of which two directly control for the levels of skewness and kurtosis. We can thus easily vary parameters … to compare different distributions and use the parameters as inputs to price other options. We explain the method …

investigate the volatility smile derived from liquid call and put options on the Polish WIG20 index which option series expired on … volatilities for moneyness points needed were calculated, then we construct 355 smile curves for calls and puts options to study …

procedure. I parameterize the underlying exchange rate process as a mixture of log-normals, price the options using Monte Carlo …

This paper proposes a new explanation for the smile and skewness effects in implied volatilities. Starting from a …

financial crisis. To this end, we derive risk-neutral densities from the implied volatilities of FX options, which approximate …-of-sample predictive power of indicators. The forecasting results suggest that models based on FX options are inferior to the random walk …

, predictable, and options appear calibrated to incorporate information about future jumps in all three markets. …