A hybrid method for pricing European options based on multiple assets with transaction costs

The problem of pricing European options based on multiple assets with transaction costs is considered. These options include, for example, quality options and options on the minimum of two or more risky assets. The value of these options is the solution of a nonlinear parabolic partial differential equation subject to a final condition given by the payoff function associated with the option. A computationally efficient method to solve this final-value problem is proposed. This method is based on an asymptotic expansion of the required solution with respect to the parameters related to the transaction costs followed by the numerical solution of the linear partial differential equations obtained at each order in perturbation theory. The numerical solution of these linear problems involves an implicit finite-difference scheme for the parabolic equation and the use of the fast Fourier sine transform to solve the resulting elliptic problems. Numerical results obtained on test problems with the method proposed here are shown and discussed.     

美式看跌期权定价的一种混合数值方法

本文对美式看跌期权的定价提供了一种新的混合数值方法,即快速傅里叶变换法加龙格-库塔法.首先将美式看跌期权价格所满足的Black-Scholes微分方程定解问题转化为一个标准的抛物型初、边值问题,然后通过傅里叶变换,使之转换为一个不带股价变量的常微分方程初值问题,再利用龙格-库塔法对其进行数值求解.数值实验表明,本文算法是一种快速的高精度的算法.     

Wasserstein分布鲁棒期权定价

In this paper, the option pricing problem is formulated as a distributionally robust optimization problem, which seeks to minimize the worst case replication error for a given distributional uncertainty set(DUS) of the random underlying asset returns. The DUS is defined as a Wasserstein ball centred the empirical distribution of the underlying asset returns. It is proved that the proposed model can be reformulated as a computational tractable linear programming problem. Finally, the results of the empirical tests are presented to show the significance of the proposed approach.     

一种新型单点水平期权的定价

本文给出了一种新型单点水平期权,通过鞅定价方法并借助极值的概率分布研究其定价问题,得到了该新型单点水平看涨期权与看跌期权的定价公式.     

Evaluating fair premiums of equity-linked policies with surrender option in a bivariate model

We tackle the problem of computing fair periodical premiums of an equity-linked policy with a maturity guarantee and an embedded surrender option. We consider the policy as a Bermudan-style contingent claim that can be exercised at the premium payment dates. The evaluation framework is based on a discretization of a bivariate model that considers the joint evolution of the equity value with stochastic interest rates. To deeply reduce the computational complexity of the pricing problem we use the singular points framework that allows us to compute accurate upper and lower estimates of the policy premiums.     

Differential quadrature method for pricing American options

In this article, differential quadrature method (DQM), a highly accurate and efficient numerical method for solving nonlinear problems, is used to overcome the difficulty in determining the optimal exercise boundary of American option. The following three parts of the problem in pricing American options are solved. The first part is how to treat the uncertainty of the early exercise boundary, or free boundary in the language of the PDE treatment of the American option, because American options can be exercised before the date of expiration. The second part is how to solve the nonlinear problem, because the problem of pricing American options is nonlinear. And the third part is how to treat the initial value condition with the singularity and the boundary conditions in the DQM. Numerical results for the free boundary of American option obtained by both DQM and finite difference method (FDM) are given and from which it can be seen the computational efficiency is greatly improved by DQM. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 18: 711–725, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com); DOI 10.1002/num.10028.     

双跳-扩散过程下的脆弱期权定价

本文考虑含有交易对手违约风险的衍生产品的定价,以公司价值信用风险模型为基础,在标的资产价格和公司价值均服从跳-扩散过程的情况下,运用结构化的方法对脆弱期权定价进行建模,建立了双跳-扩散过程下的脆弱期权定价模型,分别在公司负债固定和随机的情况下推导出了脆弱期权的定价公式.     

Infinite-Dimensional Black-Scholes Equation with Hereditary Structure

This paper considers the option pricing problem for contingent claims of the European type in a (B,S)-market in which the stock price and the asset in the riskless bank account both have hereditary structures. The Black-Scholes equation for the classical option pricing problem is generalized to an infinite-dimensional equation to include the effects of time delay in the evolution of the financial market as well as a very general payoff function. A computational algorithm for the solution is also obtained via a double sequence of polynomials of a certain bounded linear functional on a Banach space and the time variable.     

Explicit solution of Black–Scholes option pricing mathematical models with an impulsive payoff function

This paper deals with the construction of explicit solutions of the Black–Scholes equation with a weak payoff function. By using the Mellin transform of a class of weak functions a candidate integral formula for the solution is first obtained and then it is proved that it is a rigorous solution of the problem. Well known solutions of option pricing value problems are obtained as particular cases of the solution proposed here.     

An approximate moving boundary method for American option pricing

We present a method to solve the free-boundary problem that arises in the pricing of classical American options. Such free-boundary problems arise when one attempts to solve optimal-stopping problems set in continuous time. American option pricing is one of the most popular optimal-stopping problems considered in literature. The method presented in this paper primarily shows how one can leverage on a one factor approximation and the moving boundary approach to construct a solution mechanism. The result is an algorithm that has superior runtimes-accuracy balance to other computational methods that are available to solve the free-boundary problems. Exhaustive comparisons to other pricing methods are provided. We also discuss a variant of the proposed algorithm that allows for the computation of only one option price rather than the entire price function, when the requirement is such.     

期权定价的最大熵方法

以欧式期权为例,用标的资产(如股票风险资产)和无风险资产复制期权,并用自融资无套利原理分析金融市场的资产价值变化情况.在此基础上,通过最大熵原理来求得资产组合中每个资产所占的比重,进而得出期权定价模型,由于最大熵原理所求得概率分布是目前所知求概率分布方法中最客观、无偏的,所以求得的新模型不受金融市场类型和标的资产价格分布的限制,具有较强的客观、无偏、可预测性.通过对期权的常用算例计算,发现新模型比B-S模型以及一些其它熵期权定价模型有更准确的标的资产价格分布、更低的回溯测试误差.     

基于跳扩散过程的欧式交换期权定价

考虑了股票价格服从带时滞泊松跳的跳扩散模型的欧式交换期权定价问题,运用无套利理论推导出期权价值微分方程,利用变换计价单位的方法,得到交换期权的显示定价公式.     

基于跳扩散模型欧式期权定价的条件二叉树方法

对股票价格的跳扩散模型进行了分析,在CRR二叉树期权定价模型的基础上考虑标的股票价格发生跳跃的情况,得出基于跳扩散过程的股票期权的条件二叉树定价模型,并且证明在极限情况下,该条件二叉树模型的期权定价公式趋于Merton的解析定价公式,数值试验证实该条件二叉树模型的有效性。     

基于分数O U过程的几何亚式-再装股票期权定价模型

通过将几何亚式期权应用到再装期权中,解决了传统再装期权在再装日按B-S模型执行时所产生的经理激励问题,建立了几何亚式-再装股票期权的定价模型,并在股价服从分数O-U过程下得到了相应的定价公式.通过模拟分析发现,与传统再装期权相比,几何亚式-再装期权的价值要低一些,这说明几何亚式-再装股票期权能更好地降低代理成本.     

基本资产不可交易的实物期权定价方法研究

实物期权定价面临的一个主要问题是其基本资产不可交易问题，在这种情况下，通常的解决办法是在市场中寻找一个与该基本资产最为相关的可交易资产，利用可交易资产的价格信息来对特定实物期权进行定价和风险对冲。本应用随机动态规划法，确定实物期权的最优风险对冲策略所满足的偏微分方程。利用无套利原理，同时还可以得到实物期权的近似市场定价。     

Pricing used products for remanufacturing

Remanufacturing is one of recovery options for used products. As remanufacturing requires a continuous supply of used products, the economic incentive is required to attract customers to return their used products (called cores) and the problem of pricing a core becomes an important issue. Such a pricing problem is analogous to pricing an option, which can be used to sell the remanufactured cores (called core products). As sales price of core products follows a geometric Brownian motion, we propose a model here to evaluate the acquisition price of cores. This model links core acquisition price with the sale price of core product but assumes other costs such as logistics and remanufacturing to be deterministic. We have presented a numerical example to show its applicability. Since the model proposed here is generic, it is believed that the proposed model can be used in setting the core prices in many situations.     

随机执行日经理股票期权的定价及激励效用分析

针对标准支付型经理股票期权执行日确定的问题,提出具有随机执行日的支付型经理股票期权的定价公式;选择期权价值对股票价格的敏感性(delta)、期权价值对股票收益波动率的敏感性(vega)对经理股票期权进行激励效用分析;并通过改变部分参数的值,分析期权对经理激励作用的变化.     

基于LSMC模型的煤炭资源价值定价研究

煤炭资源价值定价可以抽象为一种美式期权定价问题.最小二乘蒙特卡洛模拟(LSMC)方法是解决美式期权定价问题的一个有效途径.详尽地分析了Cortazar等人的基于资源价格、利率和便利收益随机变动的三因素定价模型,利用向量Ito定理提出了三因素模型中价格、利率和便利收益变量的递推公式.对LSMC方法原理进行了细致的阐述,总结出实现LSMC方法的完整过程,并在Matlab环境下编制了LSMC算法实现程序,进行算例计算.算例结果表明,LSMC方法用于资源定价是有效可靠的.研究为煤炭资源价值定价提供了一个完整具有可操作性的工具.     

布朗运动的最大值和阶梯期权

在奇异期权定价中经常遇到的具有漂移的布朗运动的最大值问题,我们运用布朗运动的反射原理和G irsanov定理给出了在有限[0,T]区间上的具有漂移的布朗运动的最大值分布及其与终值的联合分布.然后把其应用到阶梯期权,得到了阶梯期权封闭形式的解.     

带基差风险和交易费用的不完全市场下的期权定价方法

本文研究了同时带有基差风险和交易费用的不安全市场中的权证定价方法。把[1]的模型推广到了考虑基差风险的情况[2]。期权的价格以一个三维自由边界问题的解给出,并含有两个相关的股票价格变量的相关系数。