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How to measure if variance is greater at a certain time of day?
I'm not very fluent in the quant vernacular, so perhaps the nature of my question will be better illustrated as a hypothesis.
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EUR/PLN and EUR/USD delta-term-vol surface quoting convension
does anyone know for sure what is the FX market convension to quote delta-term pairs for EUR/PLN, for EUR/USD. I know that for EUR/PLN it should be delta p.a forward, for EUR/USD it should be delta ...
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volatility Table and BS formula
assume I have implied FX volatility Delta-Term table from broker. I have time noticed as 2M, 3M. what do I have to put into BS formula, is it 2/12 or "count the business days"/"daycount basis"?
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Why FX Vanilla Options are quoted in volatility
I've been curious why vanilla options are quoted (and traded) in terms of volatility. Considering that every financial institution has its own options pricing model, volatility as an input would cause ...
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How do I compare implied and historic volatility?
what would you suggest are the starting points for comparing, in an easy, visual way, implied and delivered volatility surfaces? I'd like to see what the differences are between the historic surfaces, ...
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How to derive appropriate volatility for a binary option (with strike/term) from market data?
I am valuing a binary FX option (european) with a defined strike and term (2Y). I'm using a closed form solution based on Black-Scholes framework. How can I derive the appropriate volatility to use ...
