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Re: AnaliticHestonEngine -- SV or SVJ

Posted by Klaus Spanderen-2 on Aug 21, 2008; 7:16pm
URL: http://quantlib.414.s1.nabble.com/AnaliticHestonEngine-SV-or-SVJ-tp6640p6643.html

Hi

The Bates model is a Heston model plus a (stochastic) jump processes for the
equity underlying. E. g. Gatheral is discussing the Bates model with
log-normal jump diffusion process at page 65 ff. IMO Bates is used more often  
in real life than the Heston-Nandi model.

regards
 Klaus

On Wednesday 20 August 2008 16:24:24 nabbleuser2008 wrote:

> Hi Klaus,
>  Thank you very much for your reply. I'm just looking at the bates model,
> and trying to understand how much it is different from Heston-Nandi model
> discussed in Gatheral's book. In case they are different, was there  a
> reason to use Bates model, (vs Heston-Nandi) in QL ?
>
>   Thanks again. Really appreciate your insights.
>
> C
>
> Klaus Spanderen-2 wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > The AnalyticHestonEngine implements the "simple" Heston SV model. The
> > AnalyticBatesEngine implements the Heston SV model plus jumps as outlined
> > in the A. Sepp paper. Examples can be found in test-sutie/batesmodel.cpp.
> >
> > regards
> >
> >
> > ----- original message --------
> >
> > Subject: [Quantlib-users]  AnaliticHestonEngine -- SV or SVJ
> > Sent: Tue, 19 Aug 2008
> > From: nabbleuser2008<[hidden email]>
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >>  I noticed that the following paper is listed as a reference in the
> >> analytichestonengine.cpp file. I also noticed that the same paper is
> >> mentioned in the test-suite/hestonmodel.cpp file under
> >> testDAXCalibration method.
> >>
> >> A. Sepp, Pricing European-Style Options under Jump Diffusion Processes
> >> with
> >> Stochastic Volatility: Applications of Fourier Transform
> >> (<http://math.ut.ee/~spartak/papers/stochjumpvols.pdf>)
> >>
> >>   I had previously thought that the analytichestonengine.cpp implements
> >> heston Stochastic Volatility (SV)  model without jumps, but having seen
> >> the
> >> above reference, I'd like to double check if SV with Jumps is available
> >> in
> >> QuantLib. Also, secondarily, I'd like to clarify which model, ie,  SV
> >> with
> >> Jumps or SV (without jumps) used in the testDAXCalibration ?
> >>
> >>  Thank you very much.
> >>
> >> C
> >> --
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