17 Apr 2024
Jaehyuk Choi : Simulation Schemes for the Heston Model with Poisson Conditioning
The Heston model, named after Steven L. Heston, is a representative continuous-time stochastic volatility (SV) model. It assumes that the volatility of an asset is evolving over time following the Cox-Ingersol-Ross (CIR) process rather than staying unchanged. While it is not the first SV model, it became popular in finance academia and industry thanks to its analytic property. For example, the option ...