scholarly journals Implied volatility estimation of bitcoin options and the stylized facts of option pricing

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Noshaba Zulfiqar ◽  
Saqib Gulzar
Keyword(s):  
Option Pricing ◽  
Implied Volatility ◽  
Volatility Smile ◽  
Stylized Facts ◽  
Approximation Techniques ◽  
Risk Hedging ◽  
Black Scholes ◽  
Option Pricing Model ◽  
Newton Raphson ◽  
Futures And Options

AbstractThe recently developed Bitcoin futures and options contracts in cryptocurrency derivatives exchanges mark the beginning of a new era in Bitcoin price risk hedging. The need for these tools dates back to the market crash of 1987, when investors needed better ways to protect their portfolios through option insurance. These tools provide greater flexibility to trade and hedge volatile swings in Bitcoin prices effectively. The violation of constant volatility and the log-normality assumption of the Black–Scholes option pricing model led to the discovery of the volatility smile, smirk, or skew in options markets. These stylized facts; that is, the volatility smile and implied volatilities implied by the option prices, are well documented in the option literature for almost all financial markets. These are expected to be true for Bitcoin options as well. The data sets for the study are based on short-dated Bitcoin options (14-day maturity) of two time periods traded on Deribit Bitcoin Futures and Options Exchange, a Netherlands-based cryptocurrency derivative exchange. The estimated results are compared with benchmark Black–Scholes implied volatility values for accuracy and efficiency analysis. This study has two aims: (1) to provide insights into the volatility smile in Bitcoin options and (2) to estimate the implied volatility of Bitcoin options through numerical approximation techniques, specifically the Newton Raphson and Bisection methods. The experimental results show that Bitcoin options belong to the commodity class of assets based on the presence of a volatility forward skew in Bitcoin option data. Moreover, the Newton Raphson and Bisection methods are effective in estimating the implied volatility of Bitcoin options. However, the Newton Raphson forecasting technique converges faster than does the Bisection method.

An Empirical Test of the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model and the Implied Variance: A Confidence Interval Approach

1987 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 355-369 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haim Levy ◽  
Young Hoon Byun
Keyword(s):  
Confidence Interval ◽  
Option Pricing ◽  
Implied Volatility ◽  
Empirical Test ◽  
Market Price ◽  
Pricing Model ◽  
Black Scholes ◽  
Option Pricing Model ◽  
S Model ◽  
Over Time

The empirical studies on the Black-Scholes (B-S) option pricing model have reported that the model tends to exhibit systematic biases with respect to the exercise price, time to expiration, and the stock's volatility. This paper attempts to test the B-S model with a new approach: derive the confidence interval of the model call option value based on the confidence interval of the. estimated variance. The test reports that even when the variance's confidence interval is considered, a systematic deviation between the theoretical “range” of the option price values and the observed market price still exist. If the stock variance is constant over time, the interpretation of the results is that the B-S model is wrong. However, if stock variance changes over time, the interpretation of the results is that the implied volatility in options market prices had a tendency to be significantly higher than the estimate that could have been obtained from historical data.

scholarly journals A modification term for Black-Scholes model based on discrepancy calibrated with real market data

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 313-326
Author(s):  
Xiaozheng Lin ◽  
◽  
Meiqing Wang ◽  
Choi-Hong Lai ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Option Pricing ◽  
Implied Volatility ◽  
Option Prices ◽  
Market Prices ◽  
Market Data ◽  
Black Scholes Model ◽  
Black Scholes ◽  
Option Pricing Model ◽  
Real Market ◽  
S Model

<abstract><p>The Black-Scholes option pricing model (B-S model) generally requires the assumption that the volatility of the underlying asset be a piecewise constant. However, empirical analysis shows that there are discrepancies between the option prices obtained from the B-S model and the market prices. Most current modifications to the B-S model rely on modelling the implied volatility or interest rate. In contrast to the existing modifications to the Black-Scholes model, this paper proposes the concept of including a modification term to the B-S model itself. Using the actual discrepancies of the results of the Black-Scholes model and the market prices, the modification term related to the implied volatility is derived. Experimental results show that the modified model produces a better option pricing results when compare to market data.</p></abstract>

scholarly journals Capturing the volatility smile: parametric volatility models versus stochastic volatility models

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 15-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Belen Blanco
Keyword(s):  
Stochastic Volatility ◽  
Implied Volatility ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
Option Prices ◽  
Expiration Date ◽  
Volatility Smile ◽  
Stochastic Volatility Models ◽  
Volatility Models ◽  
Black Scholes ◽  
Option Pricing Model

Black-Scholes option pricing model (1973) assumes that all option prices on the same underlying asset with the same expiration date, but different exercise prices should have the same implied volatility. However, instead of a flat implied volatility structure, implied volatility (inverting the Black-Scholes formula) shows a smile shape across strikes and time to maturity. This paper compares parametric volatility models with stochastic volatility models in capturing this volatility smile. Results show empirical evidence in favor of parametric volatility models. Keywords: smile volatility, parametric, stochastic, Black-Scholes. JEL Classification: C14 C68 G12 G13

scholarly journals Empirical Performance of Black-Scholes and GARCH Option Pricing Models during Turbulent Times: The Indian Evidence

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 123
Author(s):  
Aparna Bhat ◽  
Kirti Arekar
Keyword(s):  
Option Pricing ◽  
Closed Form Solution ◽  
Time Varying ◽  
Pricing Model ◽  
Currency Options ◽  
Pricing Models ◽  
Pricing Options ◽  
Volatility Model ◽  
Black Scholes ◽  
Option Pricing Model

Exchange-traded currency options are a recent innovation in the Indian financial market and their pricing is as yet unexplored. The objective of this research paper is to empirically compare the pricing performance of two well-known option pricing models – the Black-Scholes-Merton Option Pricing Model (BSM) and Duan’s NGARCH option pricing model – for pricing exchange-traded currency options on the US dollar-Indian rupee during a recent turbulent period. The BSM is known to systematically misprice options on the same underlying asset but with different strike prices and maturities resulting in the phenomenon of the ‘volatility smile’. This bias of the BSM results from its assumption of a constant volatility over the option’s life. The NGARCH option pricing model developed by Duan is an attempt to incorporate time-varying volatility in pricing options. It is a deterministic volatility model which has no closed-form solution and therefore requires numerical techniques for evaluation. In this paper we have compared the pricing performance and examined the pricing bias of both models during a recent period of volatility in the Indian foreign exchange market. Contrary to our expectations the pricing performance of the more sophisticated NGARCH pricing model is inferior to that of the relatively simple BSM model. However orthogonality tests demonstrate that the NGARCH model is free of the strike price and maturity biases associated with the BSM. We conclude that the deterministic BSM does a better job of pricing options than the more advanced time-varying volatility model based on GARCH.

scholarly journals Nonparametric Estimation of Fractional Option Pricing Model

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Qing Li ◽  
Songlin Liu ◽  
Misi Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Option Pricing ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Option Price ◽  
Integral Function ◽  
The State ◽  
Pricing Model ◽  
State Price ◽  
Black Scholes ◽  
Option Pricing Model ◽  
State Price Density

The establishment of the fractional Black–Scholes option pricing model is under a major condition with the normal distribution for the state price density (SPD) function. However, the fractional Brownian motion is deemed to not be martingale with a long memory effect of the underlying asset, so that the estimation of the state price density (SPD) function is far from simple. This paper proposes a convenient approach to get the fractional option pricing model by changing variables. Further, the option price is transformed as the integral function of the cumulative density function (CDF), so it is not necessary to estimate the distribution function individually by complex approaches. Finally, it encourages to estimate the fractional option pricing model by the way of nonparametric regression and makes empirical analysis with the traded 50 ETF option data in Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE).

Predicting the stock price of frontier markets using machine learning and modified Black–Scholes Option pricing model

2020 ◽  
Vol 555 ◽  
pp. 124444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reaz Chowdhury ◽  
M.R.C. Mahdy ◽  
Tanisha Nourin Alam ◽  
Golam Dastegir Al Quaderi ◽  
M. Arifur Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Machine Learning ◽  
Option Pricing ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Pricing Model ◽  
Black Scholes ◽  
Option Pricing Model
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