Volatility of Volatility of Financial Markets

DRW-98-1-VVFM

26 Pages Posted: 22 Apr 1998

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Lester Ingber

Physical Studies Institute LLC

Jennifer K. Wilson

DRW Trading Group

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Date Written: 1998

Abstract

We present empirical evidence for considering volatility of Eurodollar futures as a stochastic process, requiring a generalization of the standard Black-Scholes (BS) model which treats volatility as a constant. We use a previous development of a statistical mechanics of financial markets (SMFM) to model these issues.

JEL Classification: C32, C53, C61, C63

Suggested Citation

Ingber, Lester and Wilson, Jennifer K., Volatility of Volatility of Financial Markets (1998). DRW-98-1-VVFM, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=78629 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.78629

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