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Convergence of Heston to SVI
(2011)
In this short note, we prove by an appropriate change of variables that the SVI implied volatility parameterization presented in~\cite{Gatheral} and the large-time asymptotic of the Heston implied volatility derived in~\cite{FJM} agree algebraically, thus confirming a conjecture from~\cite{Gatheral} as well as providing a simpler expression for the asymptotic implied volatility in the Heston model. We show how this result can help in interpreting SVI parameters.
We derive a full asymptotic expansion for call option prices and a third order approximation for implied volatility in the large-time, large log-moneyness regime for a general exponential Levy model, by extending the saddlepoint argument used in Forde,Jacquier & Mijatovic for the Heston model. As for the Heston model, there are two special log-moneyness values where the call option asymptotics are qualitatively different, and we use an Edgeworth expansion to deal with these cases. We also characterise the behaviour of the implied volatility skew at large-maturities; in particular we show that the derivative of the dimensionless implied variance with respect to log-moneyness exists and is less than or equal to 4 in the large-maturity limit, which is consistent with the bound on the right and left-side derivative given in Rogers&Tehranchi.
We characterise the asymptotic smile and term structure of implied volatility in the Heston model at small maturities and all strikes. Using saddlepoint methods we derive a small-maturity expansion formula for call option prices, which we then transform into a closed-form expansion (including the leading-order and correction terms) for implied volatility. This refined expansion reveals the relationship between the small-expiry smile and all Heston parameters (including the pair in the volatility drift coefficient), sharpening the leading-order result of~\cite{FJ09I} which found the relationship between the zero-expiry smile and the diffusion coefficients. We solve for in/out-of-the-money and at-the-money cases; in the latter case our proof involves subleading-order saddlepoint approximation along a suitable path of integration.
Using Freidlin-Wentzell sample path large deviations theory, we characterise the small-time behaviour of probabilities of a process following an uncorrelated local-stochastic volatility model.
As a corollary, we determine the small-maturity behaviour of the implied volatility under this class of processes.
This note studies an issue relating to essential smoothness that can arise when the theory of large deviations is applied to a certain option pricing formula in the Heston model. The note identifies a gap, based on this issue, in the proof of Corollary 2.4 in [2] and describes how to circumvent it. This completes the proof of Corollary 2.4 in [2] and hence of the main result in [2], which describes the limiting behaviour of the implied volatility smile in the Heston model far from maturity.