The New Russian Volatility Index

RVI Index facilitates the evaluation of Russian market volatility and broadens the range of tools available to options traders, hedgers, and institutional investors. The new RVI measures market’s expectation of the 30-day volatility, calculated from real prices of near- and next-series RTS Index options. In the previous RTSVX volatility index, a parameterized volatility smile was used to calculate continuous, theoretical Black-Scholes prices of the near- and next-series RTS Index options. The RVI is calculated in real-time during, both, day and evening sessions (first values 19:00 – 23:50 MSK and then 10:00 – 18:45 MSK).