blackvariancecurve.cpp

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#include <ql/math/interpolations/linearinterpolation.hpp>
#include <ql/termstructures/volatility/equityfx/blackvariancecurve.hpp>
#include <utility>
 
namespace QuantLib {
 
    BlackVarianceCurve::BlackVarianceCurve(const Date& referenceDate,
                                           const std::vector<Date>& dates,
                                           const std::vector<Volatility>& blackVolCurve,
                                           DayCounter dayCounter,
                                           bool forceMonotoneVariance)
    : BlackVarianceTermStructure(referenceDate), dayCounter_(std::move(dayCounter)),
      maxDate_(dates.back()) {
 
        QL_REQUIRE(dates.size()==blackVolCurve.size(),
                   "mismatch between date vector and black vol vector");
 
        // cannot have dates[0]==referenceDate, since the
        // value of the vol at dates[0] would be lost
        // (variance at referenceDate must be zero)
        QL_REQUIRE(dates[0]>referenceDate,
                   "cannot have dates[0] <= referenceDate");
 
        variances_ = std::vector<Real>(dates.size()+1);
        times_ = std::vector<Time>(dates.size()+1);
        variances_[0] = 0.0;
        times_[0] = 0.0;
        Size j;
        for (j=1; j<=blackVolCurve.size(); j++) {
            times_[j] = timeFromReference(dates[j-1]);
            QL_REQUIRE(times_[j]>times_[j-1],
                       "dates must be sorted unique!");
            variances_[j] = times_[j] *
                blackVolCurve[j-1]*blackVolCurve[j-1];
            QL_REQUIRE(variances_[j]>=variances_[j-1]
                       || !forceMonotoneVariance,
                       "variance must be non-decreasing");
        }
 
        // default: linear interpolation
        setInterpolation<Linear>();
    }
 
    Real BlackVarianceCurve::blackVarianceImpl(Time t, Real) const {
        if (t<=times_.back()) {
            return varianceCurve_(t, true);
        } else {
            // extrapolate with flat vol
            return varianceCurve_(times_.back(), true)*t/times_.back();
        }
    }
 
}