A path-dependent volatility model makes the instantaneous volatility a function of past returns. In the Guyon–Lekeufack form it is
a trend feature (a weighted sum of past returns) and an activity feature (a weighted sum of past squared returns), with decaying kernels that integrate to one and .
Exemplos
Example 12.10 (One large day)
Take , , and exponential kernels with rates and a year (illustrative values). With no trend the calm level is the fixed point . A day of lifts volatility to 22.0%. The excess halves in ten trading days, and a month (21 trading days) later volatility is still 13.8%. A day of first lowers volatility, to 10.6%, because the trend term dominates. The activity term decays more slowly, so volatility then drifts up to 12.4% before settling (Figure 12.5, left).