Path-dependent Fractional Volterra Equations and the Microstructure of Rough Volatility Models driven by Poisson Random Measures

Ulrich Horst, Wei Xu, Rouyi Zhang

Published 2024-12-21Version 1

We consider a microstructure foundation for rough volatility models driven by Poisson random measures. In our model the volatility is driven by self-exciting arrivals of market orders as well as self-exciting arrivals of limit orders and cancellations. The impact of market order on future order arrivals is captured by a Hawkes kernel with power law decay, and is hence persistent. The impact of limit orders on future order arrivals is temporary, yet possibly long-lived. After suitable scaling the volatility process converges to a fractional Heston model driven by an additional Poisson random measure. The random measure generates occasional spikes and clusters of spikes in the volatility process. Our results are based on novel existence and uniqueness of solutions results for stochastic path-dependent Volterra equations driven by Poisson random measures.