In this paper, we provide a unified approach to various scaling regimes associated with Gaussian stochastic volatility models. The evolution of volatility in such a model is described by a stochastic process that is a nonnegative continuous function of a continuous Gaussian process. If the process in the previous description exhibits fractional features, then the model is called a Gaussian fractional stochastic volatility model. Important examples of fractional volatility processes are fractional Brownian motion, the Riemann-Liouville fractional Brownian motion, and the fractional Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process. If the volatility process admits a Volterra type representation, then the model is called a Volterra typeGaussian stochastic volatility model. The scaling regimes associated with a Gaussian stochastic volatility model are split into three groups: the large deviation group, the moderate deviation group, and the central limit group . We prove a sample path large deviation principle for the log-price process in a Volterra type Gaussian stochastic volatility model , and a sample path moderate deviation principle for the same process in a Gaussian stochastic volatility model. We also study the asymptotic behavior of the distribution function of the log-price, call pricing functions, and the implied volatility in mixed scaling regimes. It is shown  that the asymptotic formulas for the above-mentioned quantities exhibit discontinuities on the boundaries, where the moderate deviation regime becomes the large deviation or the central limit regime. It is also shown that the large deviation tail estimates are locally uniform  .
In this paper, we provide a unified approach to various scaling regimes associated with Gaussian stochastic volatility models. The evolution of volatility in such a model is described by a stochastic process which can be represented as a nonnegative continuous function of a continuous Gaussian process. If the volatility process exhibits fractional features, then the model is called a Gaussian fractional stochastic volatility model. Important examples of fractional volatility processes are fractional Brownian motion, the Riemann-Liouville fractional Brownian motion, and the fractional Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process. If the volatility process admits a Volterra type representation, then the model is of Volterra type. Three scaling regimes associated with a Gaussian stochastic volatility model are introduced in the paper: large deviation scaling, moderate deviation scaling, and central limit scaling . We prove a sample path large deviation principle for the log-price process in a Volterra type Gaussian stochastic volatility model and a sample path moderate deviation principle for the same process in a Gaussian stochastic volatility model. We also study the asymptotic behavior of the distribution function of the log-price, call pricing functions, and the implied volatility in mixed scaling regimes. It is shown in the paper that the asymptotic formulas for the above-mentioned quantities exhibit discontinuities on the boundaries, where the moderate deviation regime becomes the large deviation or the central limit regime. It is also shown that large deviation tail estimates are locally uniform . Another problem addressed in the paper concerns exponential moment explosions for the driftless log-price and moment explosions for the asset price in Gaussian stochastic volatility models .
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