Using Volatility Forecast for Margin-Setting: A Comparison between GARCH, Implied Volatility and Realized Volatility

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chor-yiu Sin ◽  
Kin Lam
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 5200
Author(s):  
Jungmu Kim ◽  
Yuen Jung Park

This study explores the information content of the implied volatility inferred from stock index options in the over-the-counter (OTC) market, which has rarely been studied in the literature. Using OTC calls, puts, and straddles on the KOSPI 200 index, we find that implied volatility generally outperforms historical volatility in predicting future realized volatility, although it is not an unbiased estimator. The results are more apparent for options with shorter maturity. However, while implied volatility has strong predictability during normal periods, historical volatility is superior to implied volatility during a period of crisis due to the liquidity contraction of the OTC options market. This finding suggests that the OTC options market can play a role in conveying important information to predict future volatility.


2008 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-94
Author(s):  
Byung Kun Rhee ◽  
Sang Won Hwang

Black-Scholes Imolied volatility (8SIV) has a few drawbacks. One is that the model Is not much successful in fitting the option prices. and It Is n야 guaranteed the model is correct one. Second. the usual tradition in using the BSIV is that only at-the-money Options are used. It is well-known that IV's of In-the-money or Qut-of-the-money ootions are much different from those estimated from near-the-money options. In this regard, a new model is confronted with Korean market data. Brittenxmes and Neuberger (2000) derive a formula for volatility which is a function of option prices‘ Since the formula is derived without using any option pricing model. volatility estimated from the formula is called model-tree implied volatillty (MFIV). MFIV overcomes the two drawbacks of BSIV. Jiang and Tian (2005) show that. with the S&P index Options (SPX), MFIV is suoerlor to historical volatility (HV) or BSIV in forecasting the future volatllity. In KOSPI 200 index options, when the forecasting performances are compared, MFIV is better than any other estimated volatilities. The hypothesis that MFIV contains all informations for realized volatility and the other volatilities are redundant is oot rejected in any cases.


2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 104 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Dashti Moghaddam ◽  
Zhiyuan Liu ◽  
R. A. Serota

We undertake a systematic comparison between implied volatility, as represented by VIX (new methodology) and VXO (old methodology) and realized volatility. We do not find substantial difference in accuracy between VIX and VXO. We compare visually and statistically the distributions of realized and implied variance (volatility squared) and study the distribution of their ratio. The ratio distributions are studied both for the known realized variance (for the current month) and for the predicted realized variance (for the following month). We show that the ratio of the two is best fitted by a Beta Prime distribution, whose shape parameters depend strongly on which of the two months is used.


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