decomposing realized volatility in its continuous and discontinuous jump component. First, we analyze the relation between … volatility and trading activity. Coherent with existing studies we find that the driving factor of the relation between … Data ; Realized Volatility ; Price Jump ; Trading Activity ; Urgent Market Message …

volatility level. Single-factor stochastic volatility models are not flexible enough to account for the stochastic behavior of … the skew. On the other hand, multifactor stochastic volatility models are able to account for the existence of stochastic … that the consideration of additional volatility factors in the context of stochastic volatility models allows us to …

Derivatives, especially equity and volatility options, contain valuable and oftentimes essential information for … estimating stochastic volatility models. Absent strong assumptions, their typically highly nonlinear pricing dependence on the … jointly accounts for stock returns as well as prices of equity and volatility options. Finally, we provide numerical results …

In this work, I study the impact of high-frequency trading (HFT) on price discovery and volatility in the Bund futures … price discovery compared to Non-HFTs, but also add a higher share to noise than to permanent volatility. Moreover, I find … evidence that HFTs tend to supply less liquidity after an unexpected rise in market volatility and prior to upcoming …

underlying stock (asset) is subject to discontinuous market regime type of shifts in its mean or volatility whose risk can be …