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An E-ARCH model for the term structure of implied volatility of FX options

Authors: Yingzi Zhu a; Marco Avellaneda a
Affiliation:   a Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, NY, USA
DOI: 10.1080/13504869700000001
Publication Frequency: 6 issues per year
Published in: journal Applied Mathematical Finance, Volume 4, Issue 2 July 1997 , pages 81 - 100
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Abstract

We construct a statistical model for the term-structure of implied volatilities of currency options based on daily historical data for 13 currency pairs over a 19-month period. We examine the joint evolution of 1 month, 2 month, 3 month, 6 month and 1 year at-the-money (50 δ) options in all the currency pairs. We show that there exist three uncorrelated state variables (principal components) which account for the parallel movement, slope oscillation, and curvature of the term structure and which explain, on average, the movements of the termstructure of volatility to more than 95% in all cases. We test and construct an exponential ARCH, or E-ARCH, model for each state variable. One of the applications of this model is to produce confidence bands for the term structure of volatility.
Keywords: currency options; term structure of volatility; ARCH; E-ARCH
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