Volatility is rough

Jim Gatheral, Thibault Jaisson, Mathieu Rosenbaum · 2018 · Quantitative Finance
AdvancedIntradayLFTEmpiricalFree to read
Log-volatility behaves like fractional Brownian motion with a Hurst exponent near 0.1. Rough vol forecasts well and fits the short-dated skew.

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Level
Advanced: Stochastic control, point processes, heavy econometrics or deep learning
Horizon
Intraday, LFT
Data needed
Intraday bars Set what data you have
Themes
Options & volatility
Assets
Equities, Options
Market
Global

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