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by Kerkabanac
April 3rd, 2013, 8:32 am
Forum: Numerical Methods Forum
Topic: SABR density case Beta = 1
Replies: 1
Views: 8893

SABR density case Beta = 1

<t>Hello, Has anyone implemented SABR density when Beta = 1. ?some solutions:- I'm inclined to go with Paulot's approx up to order 1 and integrate this.- Alan Lewis has a neat solution but it's a bit computationally intense (looking forward to his second book though).- Labordere too has an exact sol...
by Kerkabanac
February 7th, 2013, 11:52 am
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Market standard for volatility inter- and extrapolation
Replies: 10
Views: 11329

Market standard for volatility inter- and extrapolation

<t>Sorry to jump in on this ZhuLiAn, but "Because the SABR formula do not make sense in the wings", you mean the Hagan's approximation of the SABR SDEs? Because SABR with a decent approx (and I'm not here to launch the debate about this) can solve a lot of the problem. again refer to Doust, Antonov,...
by Kerkabanac
February 7th, 2013, 8:37 am
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Market standard for volatility inter- and extrapolation
Replies: 10
Views: 11329

Market standard for volatility inter- and extrapolation

<t>one thing worth mentioning though and that is probably lacking in our field these days, it's each asset class has its own specifics.The (very good) paper French X points is in my opinion, more equities orientated. I'm a big fan of Doust's, but this is more IR orientated. I guess, there aren't mar...
by Kerkabanac
February 6th, 2013, 10:35 am
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Market standard for volatility inter- and extrapolation
Replies: 10
Views: 11329

Market standard for volatility inter- and extrapolation

<t>I think your question requires a bit of context.Considering you're inside a "slice" or for a given tenor (expiries/strikes), the interpolation scheme will be depending on your model of choice.In short, you can either choose to interpolate the calibrated parameters of your vol models and plug thes...
by Kerkabanac
December 13th, 2012, 8:30 am
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Exploding in arrears adjustment
Replies: 4
Views: 10667

Exploding in arrears adjustment

thanks Peter, the topic is very interesting. This is indeed an area which should be looked at (convexity correction in a normal vol world). I'll have a look and revert.K.
by Kerkabanac
December 7th, 2012, 8:58 am
Forum: Numerical Methods Forum
Topic: MultiDimensional Interpolation method
Replies: 15
Views: 12624

MultiDimensional Interpolation method

@outrun that looks like a smart idea. let me try this and revert.
by Kerkabanac
December 6th, 2012, 3:59 pm
Forum: Numerical Methods Forum
Topic: MultiDimensional Interpolation method
Replies: 15
Views: 12624

MultiDimensional Interpolation method

<t>yeah, again to reiterate an idea which work somehow ok-ish: just re-order the n-vectors and iterate (quite quickly) to find the closest available point... after that you can look at the neighbour points and start to apply some interpolation technique....mind you this is quite a useful and interes...
by Kerkabanac
December 6th, 2012, 3:55 pm
Forum: Numerical Methods Forum
Topic: MultiDimensional Interpolation method
Replies: 15
Views: 12624

MultiDimensional Interpolation method

that's quite true actually!// Perform boundary safe 'intOrder'-th interpolation of weights in dimension 'dim'// at current value 'xvalthis might be very helpful.
by Kerkabanac
December 6th, 2012, 3:39 pm
Forum: Numerical Methods Forum
Topic: MultiDimensional Interpolation method
Replies: 15
Views: 12624

MultiDimensional Interpolation method

<t>well, thank you all Quartz, Outrun, Daniel for your answers.First, I'll try and give some context:I have 5 dimensions. The grid is quite massive.Actually, it's the interpolation on the d0 absorption density matrix given by Doust (in his paper no-arbitrage SABR). I also generated by a MC method. S...
by Kerkabanac
December 5th, 2012, 8:14 am
Forum: Numerical Methods Forum
Topic: MultiDimensional Interpolation method
Replies: 15
Views: 12624

MultiDimensional Interpolation method

thanks.I was going for a Nearest-neighbor interpolation as it seems the less complex one to implement.also, my points are close to each other (from a MC simulation effectively).
by Kerkabanac
December 4th, 2012, 5:16 pm
Forum: Numerical Methods Forum
Topic: MultiDimensional Interpolation method
Replies: 15
Views: 12624

MultiDimensional Interpolation method

Hi,anyone has a recommendation for a decent n-dimension (greater than 3) interpolation method (and maybe some code...).K.
by Kerkabanac
August 9th, 2012, 4:10 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: SABR approximations - best practice?
Replies: 105
Views: 77750

SABR approximations - best practice?

Cazou,I'd read Antonov:Antonov's SABRworking on a similar case. we can compare notes.
by Kerkabanac
March 8th, 2012, 8:52 am
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: stripping caplet volatilities in presence of negative forward rates
Replies: 7
Views: 45868

stripping caplet volatilities in presence of negative forward rates

just use a Normal model... bpvol. you have to work out some expectations but it's not too hard.
by Kerkabanac
March 8th, 2012, 8:36 am
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Callable Bond - calibrated strike
Replies: 0
Views: 14352

Callable Bond - calibrated strike

<t>Hello,Real life scenario:I have a callable bond, I price this within a short rate modelling framework (HW, LGM...). There are exercise dates (call dates) and delivery dates (at which the money is paid). I have three curves, an estimation curve, a discounting curve and a funding curve which I use ...
by Kerkabanac
October 28th, 2010, 2:25 am
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Multiple curves for Cross Currency trades
Replies: 11
Views: 29733

Multiple curves for Cross Currency trades

<t>hi thedoc,not sure i understand what your issue is? is it that you have an fx position in none usd when trading no usd vs. non usd swap?if so what position are you talking about?:floating vs. floating?fix vs. floating?fix vs. fix?in each case you can find quite easily the equivalent hedge in the ...