Arbitrage-Aware Multi-Step Forecasting of Implied Volatility Surfaces: Modelling Surface Trajectories Using Latent Diffusion

Dominik Manuel Buchegger and Lukas Gonon

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Abstract: Implied volatility surfaces summarise the option market and are central to many financial applications. Forecasting their future evolution requires modelling two-dimensional geometry, temporal dependence, and predictive uncertainty while preserving economic admissibility. We propose a conditional latent diffusion framework for generating joint 30-step trajectories of implied volatility surfaces and underlying returns. An arbitrage-aware autoencoder learns a low-dimensional surface representation, while the diffusion model captures the conditional joint evolution. Evaluated on SPX surfaces, the framework generates realistic probabilistic multi-step scenarios while also outperforming the persistence benchmark in point forecasting.

Date: 2026-08
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