This book is a sequel to the author's well-received "Option Valuation under Stochastic Volatility." It extends that work to jump-diffusions and many related topics in quantitative finance. Topics include spectral theory for jump-diffusions, boundary behavior for short-term interest rate models, modelling VIX options, inference theory, discrete dividends, and more. It provides approximately 750 pages of original research in 26 chapters, with 165 illustrations, Mathematica, and some C/C++ codes. The first 12 chapters (550 pages) are completely new. Also included are reprints of selected previous publications of the author for convenient reference. The book should interest both researchers and quantitatively-oriented investors and traders. First 12 chapters: Slow Reflection, Jump-Returns, & Short-term Interest Rates Spectral Theory for Jump-diffusions Joint Time Series Modelling of SPX and VIX Modelling VIX Options (and Futures) under Stochastic Volatility Stochastic Volatility as a Hidden Markov Model Continuous-time Inference: Mathematical Methods and Worked Examples A Closer Look at the Square-root and 3/2-model A Closer Look at the SABR Model Back to Basics: An Update on the Discrete Dividend Problem PDE Numerics without the Pain Exact Solution to Double Barrier Problems under a Class of Processes Advanced Smile Asymptotics: Geometry, Geodesics, and All That

This book, first published in 2000, addresses pricing and hedging derivative securities in uncertain and changing market volatility.

We exploit a general framework, a martingale approach method, to estimate the derivative price for different stochastic volatility models. This method is a very useful tool for handling non-markovian volatility models. With this method, we get the order of the approximation error by evaluating the orders of three error correction terms. We also summarize some challenges in using the martingale approach method to evaluate the derivative prices. We propose two stochastic volatility models. Our goal is to get the analytical solution for the derivative prices implied by the models. Another goal is to obtain an explicit model for the implied volatility and in particular how it depends on time to maturity. The first model we propose involves the increments of a standard Brownian Motion for a short time increment. The second model involves fractional Brownian Motion(fBm) and two scales. By using fBm in our model, we naturally incorporate a long-range dependence feature of the volatility process. In addition, the implied volatility corresponding to our second model capture a feature of the volatility as observed in the paper Maturity cycles in implied volatility by Fouque, which analyzed the S & P 500 option price data and observed that for long dated options the implied volatility is approximately affine in the reciprocal of time to maturity, while for short dated options the implied volatility is approximately affine in the reciprocal of square root of time to maturity. The leading term in the implied volatility also matches the case when we have time-dependent volatility in the Black-Scholes equation.