third_fridays: List third fridays in the months of the period given by...

In m-g-h/R.MFIV: Calculate Model Free Implied Volatility, i.e. the CBOE VIX from Option Quotes

List third fridays in the months of the period given by start and end

Description

The 2003 VIX (see the 2009 CBOE Whitepaper) is based on monthly option contracts, which expire on every third friday of a month. This function identifies monthly third fridays in order to select the correct monthly options.

Usage

third_fridays(start, end)

Arguments

start	Date scalar, giving the start date
end	Date scalar, giving the end date

Value

Returns a date vector with all third fridays of the respective period.

Examples

start <- lubridate::ymd("2020-01-01")
end <- lubridate::ymd("2020-06-01")

third_fridays(start, end)

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