We present small-time implied volatility asymptotics for Realised Variance (RV) and VIX options for a number of (rough) stochastic volatility models via large deviations principle. We provide numerical results along with efficient and robust numerical recipes to compute the rate function; the backbone of our theoretical framework. Based on our results, we further develop approximation schemes for the density of RV, which in turn allows to express the volatility swap in close-form. Lastly, we investigate different constructions of multi-factor models and how each of them affects the convexity of the implied volatility smile. Interestingly, we identify the class of models that generate non-linear smiles around-the-money.Date: March 25, 2019.2010 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 60F10, 60G22; Secondary 91G20, 60G15, 91G60. ε > 0, P ε is the joint law and, for each δ > 0, the set ω :and lim sup ε↓0 h ε log P ε (Γ δ ) = −∞, where Γ δ := {(ỹ, y) : d(ỹ, y) > δ} ⊂ Y × Y. Theorem D.2. Let X and Y be topological spaces and f : X → Y a continuous function. Consider a good rate function I : X → [0, ∞]. For each y ∈ Y, define I (y) := inf{I(x) : x ∈ X , y = f (x)}. Then, if I controls the LDP associated with a family of probability measures {µ ε } on X , the I controls the LDP associated with the family of probability measures {µ ε • f −1 } on Y and I is a good rate function on Y.