<div dir="ltr">Hi Team,<div><br></div><div>Maybe someone can help me with the below.</div><div><br></div><div>What would be the best way to fit the BTC/USD forward curve?</div><div><br></div><div>It is quite agile (including its shape).</div><div><br></div><div>Please see attached example: Deribit's market data, including futures and options (from put-call parity), 24 cutoffs, one per hour, the most recent (blue line) goes with bid/ask-s. Mobility of the curve in this sample is not so bad TBH (can be much worse).
</div><div><br></div><div>The Nelson-Siegel and Svensson models didn't work for me (maybe I didn't use them properly?).</div><div><br></div><div>I'm ready to give up and fit it with splines but maybe somebody knows a better way?</div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:ii_kn6hbm1d1" alt="BTC-USD fwd curve 20210406 001.jpeg" style="margin-right: 25px;"><br><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Kind regards,<br></div><div dir="ltr"><div>Oleg</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>