{"title":"Covariance and Correlation Swaps for Financial Markets with Markov-Modulated Volatilities","authors":"Giovanni Salvi, A. Swishchuk","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2103304","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we price covariance and correlation swaps for financial markets with Markov-modulated volatilities. As an example, we consider stochastic volatility driven by a two-state continuous Markov chain. In this case, numerical examples are presented for VIX and VXN volatility indices (S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100, from January 2004 to June 2012). We also use VIX (January 2004 to June 2012) to price variance and volatility swaps for the two-state Markov-modulated volatility, and we present a numerical result in this case.","PeriodicalId":280702,"journal":{"name":"ERN: Econometric Studies of Derivatives Markets (Topic)","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2013-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"9","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"ERN: Econometric Studies of Derivatives Markets (Topic)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2103304","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In this paper, we price covariance and correlation swaps for financial markets with Markov-modulated volatilities. As an example, we consider stochastic volatility driven by a two-state continuous Markov chain. In this case, numerical examples are presented for VIX and VXN volatility indices (S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100, from January 2004 to June 2012). We also use VIX (January 2004 to June 2012) to price variance and volatility swaps for the two-state Markov-modulated volatility, and we present a numerical result in this case.