• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: A Note on Variance Swap Greeks
  • Contributor: Kirkby, Justin [Author]; Rupprecht, Nathaniel [Author]; Aguilar, Jean-Philippe [Author]
  • Published: [S.l.]: SSRN, [2023]
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (21 p)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4449345
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  • Keywords: variance swaps ; greeks ; delta ; gamma ; SABR ; stochastic volatility ; option pricing ; Heston ; SLV
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  • Footnote: Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments May 15, 2023 erstellt
  • Description: This note provides closed-form expressions for spatial Greeks (Delta and Gamma) for discretely monitored realized variance swaps under several common parametric model assumptions. We derive closed-form results for stochastic volatility and exponential L´evy models, as well as some approximations in the case of stochastic local volatility. We show that variance swap Greeks are inherently sensitive to model assumptions, and the common practice of ignoring the variance swap delta is not always appropriate. In particular, the Delta of a variance swap under a stochastic local volatility model can be quite significant under certain conditions, engendered by the local volatility skew, especially when the contract is close to inception and has many remaining observations
  • Access State: Open Access