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Convergence of Heston to SVI

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  • Jim Gatheral
  • Antoine Jacquier

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In this short note, we prove by an appropriate change of variables that the SVI implied volatility parameterization presented in Gatheral's book and the large-time asymptotic of the Heston implied volatility agree algebraically, thus confirming a conjecture from Gatheral as well as providing a simpler expression for the asymptotic implied volatility in the Heston model. We show how this result can help in interpreting SVI parameters.

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  • Jim Gatheral & Antoine Jacquier, 2010. "Convergence of Heston to SVI," Papers 1002.3633, arXiv.org.
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