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Stochastic Volatility and Pricing Bias in the Swedish OMX-Index Call Option Market

Byström, Hans LU (2000) In Working Papers, Department of Economics, Lund University
Abstract
This paper investigates the pricing bias in the Swedish OMX-Index Option market and how a stochastic volatility affects European call option prices. The market is purely European and without dividends for the period studied. A CIR square-root process for the volatility is estimated with non-linear least square minimization, and stochastic volatility option prices are calculated through Fourier-Inversion. These call option prices are compared to Black-Scholes prices as well as observed market prices, and a well-defined bias structure between Stochastic Volatility prices and Black-Scholes prices is observed. With a dynamic hedging scheme, I demonstrate larger (ex ante) profits, excluding transaction costs, for traders using the stochastic... (More)
This paper investigates the pricing bias in the Swedish OMX-Index Option market and how a stochastic volatility affects European call option prices. The market is purely European and without dividends for the period studied. A CIR square-root process for the volatility is estimated with non-linear least square minimization, and stochastic volatility option prices are calculated through Fourier-Inversion. These call option prices are compared to Black-Scholes prices as well as observed market prices, and a well-defined bias structure between Stochastic Volatility prices and Black-Scholes prices is observed. With a dynamic hedging scheme, I demonstrate larger (ex ante) profits, excluding transaction costs, for traders using the stochastic volatility model rather than the Black-Scholes model (Less)
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  author       = {{Byström, Hans}},
  keywords     = {{derivatives pricing; stochastic volatility; Fourie}},
  language     = {{eng}},
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  publisher    = {{Department of Economics, Lund University}},
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  title        = {{Stochastic Volatility and Pricing Bias in the Swedish OMX-Index Call Option Market}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/5666588/2057739}},
  year         = {{2000}},
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