Performance of VIX Option Price Models

This dissertation discusses price performance of volatility price models, Grunbichler and Longstaff (1996) mean-reverting model and Whaley (1993) model are compared in this dissertation. This dissertation involves valuation models’ details, properties of VIX and VIX option in detail and comparison w...

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Main Author: Wang, Yang
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2012
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/25747/
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description This dissertation discusses price performance of volatility price models, Grunbichler and Longstaff (1996) mean-reverting model and Whaley (1993) model are compared in this dissertation. This dissertation involves valuation models’ details, properties of VIX and VIX option in detail and comparison with empirical results. Key Words: volatility option, volatility index, mean-reverting, non-central chi-square distribution, the gamma distribution, GARCH model.
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spelling nottingham-257472017-10-19T14:25:54Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/25747/ Performance of VIX Option Price Models Wang, Yang This dissertation discusses price performance of volatility price models, Grunbichler and Longstaff (1996) mean-reverting model and Whaley (1993) model are compared in this dissertation. This dissertation involves valuation models’ details, properties of VIX and VIX option in detail and comparison with empirical results. Key Words: volatility option, volatility index, mean-reverting, non-central chi-square distribution, the gamma distribution, GARCH model. 2012-09-17 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/25747/1/disseration_Wang_Yang_final_XXXXXXXXXXX.pdf Wang, Yang (2012) Performance of VIX Option Price Models. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished)
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Performance of VIX Option Price Models
title Performance of VIX Option Price Models
title_full Performance of VIX Option Price Models
title_fullStr Performance of VIX Option Price Models
title_full_unstemmed Performance of VIX Option Price Models
title_short Performance of VIX Option Price Models
title_sort performance of vix option price models
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/25747/