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J. Zhuang & W. Lu: Sabr-Informed Multitask Gaussian Process: A Synthetic-to-Real Framework for Implied Volatility Surface Construction

September 8, 2025

Constructing the Implied Volatility Surface (IVS) is a challenging task in quantitative finance due to the complexity of real markets and the sparsity of market data. Structural models like Stochastic Alpha Beta Rho (SABR) model offer interpretability and theoretical consistency but lack flexibility, while purely data-driven methods such as Gaussian Process regression can struggle with sparse data. We introduce SABR-Informed Multi-Task Gaussian Process (SABR-MTGP), treating IVS construction as a multi-task learning problem. Our method uses a dense synthetic dataset from a calibrated SABR model as a source task to inform the construction based on sparse market data (the target task). The MTGP framework captures task correlation and transfers structural information adaptively, improving predictions particularly in data-scarce regions. Experiments using Heston-generated ground truth data under various market conditions show that SABR-MTGP outperforms both standard Gaussian process regression and SABR across different maturities. Furthermore, an application to real SPX market data demonstrates the method’s practical applicability and its ability to produce stable and realistic surfaces. This confirms our method balances structural guidance from SABR with the flexibility needed for market data.

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