VolatilityTermStructure Class Reference
Volatility term structure. More...
#include <ql/termstructures/voltermstructure.hpp>
Inheritance diagram for VolatilityTermStructure:

Public Member Functions | |
| virtual BusinessDayConvention | businessDayConvention () const |
| the business day convention used in tenor to date conversion | |
| Date | optionDateFromTenor (const Period &) const |
| period/date conversion | |
| virtual Rate | minStrike () const =0 |
| the minimum strike for which the term structure can return vols | |
| virtual Rate | maxStrike () const =0 |
| the maximum strike for which the term structure can return vols | |
Constructors | |
| VolatilityTermStructure (const Calendar &cal, BusinessDayConvention bdc, const DayCounter &dc=DayCounter()) | |
| default constructor | |
| VolatilityTermStructure (const Date &referenceDate, const Calendar &cal, BusinessDayConvention bdc, const DayCounter &dc=DayCounter()) | |
| initialize with a fixed reference date | |
| VolatilityTermStructure (Natural settlementDays, const Calendar &cal, BusinessDayConvention bdc, const DayCounter &dc=DayCounter()) | |
| calculate the reference date based on the global evaluation date | |
Protected Member Functions | |
| void | checkStrike (Rate strike, bool extrapolate) const |
| strike-range check | |
Detailed Description
Volatility term structure.This abstract class defines the interface of concrete volatility structures which will be derived from this one.
Constructor & Destructor Documentation
| VolatilityTermStructure | ( | const Calendar & | cal, | |
| BusinessDayConvention | bdc, | |||
| const DayCounter & | dc = DayCounter() | |||
| ) |
default constructor
- Warning:
- term structures initialized by means of this constructor must manage their own reference date by overriding the referenceDate() method.