Hyperbolic Normal Stochastic Volatility Model

Journal of Futures Markets, 39(2):186-204, 2019

26 Pages Posted: 23 Jan 2018 Last revised: 25 Jun 2019

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Jaehyuk Choi

Peking University HSBC Business School

Chenru Liu

Peking University - HSBC Business School; Stanford University, School of Engineering, Management Science & Engineering, Students

Byoung Ki Seo

Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology

Date Written: September 7, 2018

Abstract

For option pricing models and heavy-tailed distributions, this study proposes a continuous-time stochastic volatility model based on an arithmetic Brownian motion: a one-parameter extension of the normal stochastic alpha-beta-rho (SABR) model. Using two generalized Bougerol's identities in the literature, the study shows that our model has a closed-form Monte-Carlo simulation scheme and that the transition probability for one special case follows Johnson's SU distribution -- a popular heavy-tailed distribution originally proposed without stochastic process. It is argued that the SU distribution serves as an analytically superior alternative to the normal SABR model because the two distributions are empirically similar.

Keywords: Stochastic Volatility, SABR Model, Bougerol's Identity, Johnson's SU Distribution

JEL Classification: C15, C52, G13

Suggested Citation

Choi, Jaehyuk and Liu, Chenru and Seo, Byoung Ki, Hyperbolic Normal Stochastic Volatility Model (September 7, 2018). Journal of Futures Markets, 39(2):186-204, 2019, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3068836 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3068836

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Chenru Liu

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