Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/39329 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
SFB 649 Discussion Paper No. 2010,001
Publisher: 
Humboldt University of Berlin, Collaborative Research Center 649 - Economic Risk, Berlin
Abstract: 
Traditionally volatility is viewed as a measure of variability, or risk, of an underlying asset. However recently investors began to look at volatility from a different angle. It happened due to emergence of a market for new derivative instruments - variance swaps. In this paper first we introduse the general idea of the volatility trading using variance swaps. Then we describe valuation and hedging methodology for vanilla variance swaps as well as for the 3-rd generation volatility derivatives: gamma swaps, corridor variance swaps, conditional variance swaps. Finally we show the results of the performance investigation of one of the most popular volatility strategies - dispersion trading. The strategy was implemented using variance swaps on DAX and its constituents during the 5-years period from 2004 to 2008.
Subjects: 
Conditional Variance Swap
Corridor Variance Swap
Dispersion Trading
Gamma Swap
Variance Swap
Volatility Replication
Volatility Trading
JEL: 
C14
G13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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