Short-time expansion of characteristic functions in a rough volatility setting with applications

08/01/2022
by   Carsten Chong, et al.
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We derive a higher-order asymptotic expansion of the conditional characteristic function of the increment of an Itô semimartingale over a shrinking time interval. The spot characteristics of the Itô semimartingale are allowed to have dynamics of general form. In particular, their paths can be rough, that is, exhibit local behavior like that of a fractional Brownian motion, while at the same time have jumps with arbitrary degree of activity. The expansion result shows the distinct roles played by the different features of the spot characteristics dynamics. As an application of our result, we construct a nonparametric estimator of the Hurst parameter of the diffusive volatility process from portfolios of short-dated options written on an underlying asset.

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