Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Instantaneous vs. Terminal volatility/correlation

Instantaneous vol. and correlation refer to the sigma and rho within the SDE's.

Terminal vol. and correlation require integrations. For an explanation on how instantaneous and terminal correlation differ, see Brigo pp.234-237.

Question to think about: are variance swap and correlation swap trading on instantaneous or terminal vol./correlation?

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