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Down-Variance Swap

A conditional variance swap (also a corridor variance swap) in which realized volatility accrues when the underlying remains below a...

Up-Variance Swap

A conditional variance swap (also a corridor variance swap) in which realized volatility accrues when the underlying remains above a...

Vol-Vol

The volatility of volatility. A measure of volatility which supposes that volatility is a random market risk variable, rather than...

Volatility Swap

As a volatility derivative, it is an agreement (swap) that entails exchanging the realized volatility between the time of entering...

Forward Volatility Agreement

An agreement that a seller and a buyer enter into in order to exchange a straddle option at a specific...

Single-Period Volatility Swap

A swap that entails the exchange of a single period's cash flows linked to the volatility of a specific market...

Realized Volatility Forward Contract

A swap that entails the exchange of a single period's cash flows linked to the volatility of a specific market...

Realized Volatility

An ex-post estimate of the price or return variation, regardless of direction, over a specific period of time. In other...

Entropy Swap

An enhanced alternative to a variance swap. In view of the insensitivity of variance swap to the level of the...