The Small-time Smile and Term Structure of Implied Volatility under the Heston Model
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We characterise the asymptotic smile and term structure of implied volatility in the Heston model at small maturities. Using saddlepoint methods we derive a small-maturity expansion formula for call option prices, which we then transform into a closed-form expansion (including the leading-order and correction terms) for implied volatility. This refined expansion reveals the relationship between the small-expiry smile and all Heston parameters (including the pair in the volatility drift coefficient), sharpening the leading-order result of [Forde, Jacquier, ‘Small-time asymptotics for implied volatility under the Heston model’, IJTAF, 12(6): 861876, 2009] which found the relationship between the zero-expiry smile and the diffusion coefficients.
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