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lombardovito
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pdf for Heston model

January 24th, 2010, 8:28 pm

Hi, someone has the close form solution for Heston pdf?I have to calculate Heston vega?Can somebody help me?Stefano
 
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pdf for Heston model

January 25th, 2010, 8:08 am

There is no closed-form solution.Look up for the papers by Dragulescu-Yakovenko, and very recently, Friz-Gulisahvili-Sturm-Gerhold.
 
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pdf for Heston model

January 25th, 2010, 9:49 am

What exactly do you mean by vega?
 
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pdf for Heston model

January 25th, 2010, 12:12 pm

But in heston the vega of long expiration option is the same of black and scholes vega? in the short term I have to consider the partial derivative of Rho and volatility of volatility?? what is the difficult and difference between b&s and heston greek?is in the skew and kurtosis effect?