Volatility swap
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In finance, a volatility swap is a forward contract on the future realised volatility of a given underlying asset. Volatility swaps allow investors to trade the volatility of an asset directly, much as they would trade a price index.
The underlying is usually a foreign exchange (FX) rate (very liquid market) but could be as well a single name equity or index. However, the variance swap is preferred in the equity market due to the fact it can be replicated with a linear combination of options and a dynamic position in futures.
[edit] See also
Volatility | |
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| Modelling volatility | |
| Trading volatility | Volatility arbitrage · Straddle · Volatility swap · Variance swap · VIX |
Derivatives market | |
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| Derivative (finance) | |
| Options | Terms:
Strike price ·
Expiration ·
Open interest ·
Pin risk
Vanilla options:
Option styles ·
Call ·
Put ·
Warrants ·
Fixed income ·
Employee stock option ·
FX
Exotic options:
Asian ·
Lookback ·
Barrier ·
Binary ·
Swaption ·
Mountain range
Options strategies:
Covered call ·
Naked put ·
Collar ·
Straddle ·
Strangle ·
Butterfly
Options spreads:
Bull spread ·
Bear spread ·
Calendar spread ·
Vertical spread ·
Debit spread ·
Credit spread
Valuation of options: Moneyness · Option time value · Put-call parity · Black-Scholes · Black · Binomial · Simulation |
| Swaps | Interest rate swap · Total return swap · Equity swap · Credit default swap · Forex swap · Currency swap · Constant maturity swap · Basis swap · Volatility swap · Variance swap |
| Other derivatives | |
