May 23rd, 2016, 8:52 am
Hi Forum,I am looking to build a "blended" Swaption Volatility Cube derived from prices observed from multiple data sources i.e. source A provides a term structure of Forward Swap rates and Premia / Normal Vols for differing strikes and tails, source B provides a "different" term structure of Forward Swap rates and Premia / Normal Vols for differing strikes and tails etc etc.My initial thoughts were to try and fit a SABR surface using my own term structure of Forward Swap rates to all the quotes provided and try to minimise the difference across all the quotes while applying some arbitrage checks along the way.However, I was wondering if there was a "smarter" way to do this i.e. request quotes against my term structure of Forward Swap rates or use fixed strikes and then apply a fitting routine to help reduce the degrees of freedom in the problem I am trying to solve.Any thoughts / suggestions?-RiskUser