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Soorma
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Straddle changes on days like unemplyment

June 8th, 2010, 2:24 pm

I am new to modeling STIR vol skews so i have a doubt for the practitioners.I feel that my straddle change(ATM VOL CHANGE) is not aligned to what the options market has .What would be a reasonable number of times we need to change the straddles on a day when the futures has moved 14 ticks ?My straddle was off two ticks on a 14 tick move on last unemployment , i feel that it can be because of vol jump but the guys i work with are convinced that my model's vol atm path is not correct ..any insights?? thanks