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amazingJos
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Smile Dynamic for Commodities

November 17th, 2009, 10:33 am

Hi, the SABR model reproduces the behaviour observed for equities: when underlying price increases, smile shifts up and when underlying price decreases, smile shifts down. Is this behaviour stays true in commodities?
 
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Smile Dynamic for Commodities

November 18th, 2009, 2:38 am

generally speaking, yes. the smile in delta space moves with the futures price.