Short-Time Asymptotics for Non-Self-Similar Stochastic Volatility Models

We provide a short-time large deviation principle (LDP) for stochastic volatility models, where the volatility is expressed as a function of a Volterra process. This LDP does not require strict self-similarity assumptions on the Volterra process. For this reason, we are able to apply such an LDP to two notable examples of non-self-similar rough volatility models: models where the volatility is given as a function of a log-modulated fractional Brownian motion (Bayer, C., F. Harang, and P. Pigato. 2021. “Log-Modulated Rough Stochastic Volatility Models.” SIAM Journal on Financial Mathematics 12 (3): 1257–1284), and models where it is given as a function of a fractional Ornstein–Uhlenbeck (fOU) process (Gatheral, J., T. Jaisson, and M. Rosenbaum. 2018. “Volatility is Rough.” Quantitative Finance 18 (6): 933–949). In both cases, we derive consequences for short-maturity European option prices implied volatility surfaces and implied volatility skew. In the fOU case, we also discuss moderate deviations pricing and simulation results.