Local volatility surface derived from a Black vol surface. More...
#include <ql/termstructures/volatility/equityfx/localvolsurface.hpp>
Inheritance diagram for LocalVolSurface:Public Member Functions | |
| LocalVolSurface (const Handle< BlackVolTermStructure > &blackTS, const Handle< YieldTermStructure > &riskFreeTS, const Handle< YieldTermStructure > ÷ndTS, const Handle< Quote > &underlying) | |
| LocalVolSurface (const Handle< BlackVolTermStructure > &blackTS, const Handle< YieldTermStructure > &riskFreeTS, const Handle< YieldTermStructure > ÷ndTS, Real underlying) | |
TermStructure interface | |
| const Date & | referenceDate () const |
| the date at which discount = 1.0 and/or variance = 0.0 | |
| DayCounter | dayCounter () const |
| the day counter used for date/time conversion | |
| Date | maxDate () const |
| the latest date for which the curve can return values | |
VolatilityTermStructure interface | |
| Real | minStrike () const |
| the minimum strike for which the term structure can return vols | |
| Real | maxStrike () const |
| the maximum strike for which the term structure can return vols | |
Visitability | |
| virtual void | accept (AcyclicVisitor &) |
Public Member Functions inherited from LocalVolTermStructure | |
| LocalVolTermStructure (BusinessDayConvention bdc=Following, const DayCounter &dc=DayCounter()) | |
| default constructor More... | |
| LocalVolTermStructure (const Date &referenceDate, const Calendar &cal=Calendar(), BusinessDayConvention bdc=Following, const DayCounter &dc=DayCounter()) | |
| initialize with a fixed reference date | |
| LocalVolTermStructure (Natural settlementDays, const Calendar &, BusinessDayConvention bdc=Following, const DayCounter &dc=DayCounter()) | |
| calculate the reference date based on the global evaluation date | |
| Volatility | localVol (const Date &d, Real underlyingLevel, bool extrapolate=false) const |
| Volatility | localVol (Time t, Real underlyingLevel, bool extrapolate=false) const |
Public Member Functions inherited from VolatilityTermStructure | |
| virtual BusinessDayConvention | businessDayConvention () const |
| the business day convention used in tenor to date conversion | |
| Date | optionDateFromTenor (const Period &) const |
| period/date conversion | |
| VolatilityTermStructure (BusinessDayConvention bdc, const DayCounter &dc=DayCounter()) | |
| VolatilityTermStructure (const Date &referenceDate, const Calendar &cal, BusinessDayConvention bdc, const DayCounter &dc=DayCounter()) | |
| initialize with a fixed reference date | |
| VolatilityTermStructure (Natural settlementDays, const Calendar &cal, BusinessDayConvention bdc, const DayCounter &dc=DayCounter()) | |
| calculate the reference date based on the global evaluation date | |
Public Member Functions inherited from TermStructure | |
| TermStructure (const DayCounter &dc=DayCounter()) | |
| default constructor More... | |
| TermStructure (const Date &referenceDate, const Calendar &calendar=Calendar(), const DayCounter &dc=DayCounter()) | |
| initialize with a fixed reference date | |
| TermStructure (Natural settlementDays, const Calendar &, const DayCounter &dc=DayCounter()) | |
| calculate the reference date based on the global evaluation date | |
| Time | timeFromReference (const Date &date) const |
| date/time conversion | |
| virtual Time | maxTime () const |
| the latest time for which the curve can return values | |
| virtual Calendar | calendar () const |
| the calendar used for reference and/or option date calculation | |
| virtual Natural | settlementDays () const |
| the settlementDays used for reference date calculation | |
| void | update () |
Public Member Functions inherited from Observer | |
| Observer (const Observer &) | |
| Observer & | operator= (const Observer &) |
| std::pair< std::set< boost::shared_ptr< Observable > >::iterator, bool > | registerWith (const boost::shared_ptr< Observable > &) |
| void | registerWithObservables (const boost::shared_ptr< Observer > &) |
| Size | unregisterWith (const boost::shared_ptr< Observable > &) |
| void | unregisterWithAll () |
Public Member Functions inherited from Observable | |
| Observable (const Observable &) | |
| Observable & | operator= (const Observable &) |
| void | notifyObservers () |
Public Member Functions inherited from Extrapolator | |
| void | enableExtrapolation (bool b=true) |
| enable extrapolation in subsequent calls | |
| void | disableExtrapolation (bool b=true) |
| disable extrapolation in subsequent calls | |
| bool | allowsExtrapolation () const |
| tells whether extrapolation is enabled | |
Protected Member Functions | |
| Volatility | localVolImpl (Time, Real) const |
| local vol calculation | |
Calculations | |
These methods must be implemented in derived classes to perform the actual volatility calculations. When they are called, range check has already been performed; therefore, they must assume that extrapolation is required. | |
Protected Member Functions inherited from VolatilityTermStructure | |
| void | checkStrike (Rate strike, bool extrapolate) const |
| strike-range check | |
Protected Member Functions inherited from TermStructure | |
| void | checkRange (const Date &d, bool extrapolate) const |
| date-range check | |
| void | checkRange (Time t, bool extrapolate) const |
| time-range check | |
Additional Inherited Members | |
Protected Attributes inherited from TermStructure | |
| bool | moving_ |
| bool | updated_ |
| Calendar | calendar_ |
Local volatility surface derived from a Black vol surface.
For details about this implementation refer to "Stochastic Volatility and Local Volatility," in "Case Studies and Financial Modelling Course Notes," by Jim Gatheral, Fall Term, 2003
see www.math.nyu.edu/fellows_fin_math/gatheral/Lecture1_Fall02.pdf