Coupling and option price comparisons in a jump-diffusion model

In this paper, we examine the dependence of option prices in a general jump-diffusion model on the choice of martingale pricing measure. Since the model is incomplete, there are many equivalent martingale measures. Each of these measures corresponds to a choice for the market price of diffusion risk and the market price of jump risk. Our main result is to show that for convex payoffs, the option price is increasing in the jump-risk parameter. We apply this result to deduce general inequalities, comparing the prices of contingent claims under various martingale measures, which have been proposed in the literature as candidate pricing measures.

Our proofs are based on couplings of stochastic processes. If there is only one possible jump size then we are able to utilize a second coupling to extend our results to include stochastic jump intensities.     

跳扩散模型下的复合期权定价

首先建立股票价格的跳过程为Poisson过程,跳跃高度服从对数正态分布时股票价格过程的随机微分方程,利用测度变换的Girsanov定理,找到等价鞅测度,利用鞅方法,用较简单的数学推导得到了股票价格服从跳扩散过程的欧式期权以及复合期权的定价公式.     

一个条件数学期望公式在期权定价中的应用

首先证明一个条件数学期望公式,然后建立股票价格的跳过程为Poisson过程,跳跃高度为常数时股票价格过程的随机微分方程,在风险中性的假设下,找等价鞅测度.利用鞅方法和已证明的条件数学期望公式,用较简单的数学推导得到了股票价格股从跳—扩散过程的欧式期权以及复合期权的定价公式.     

幂型支付的欧式期权定价公式

在等价鞅测度框架下,讨论了(在到期时刻)期权处于实值状态时支付函数为幂型的股票欧式期权定价公式.这里我们假设无风险利率,股票预期收益率和股价波动率都是时间的确定性函数.本文结果不但包含了原始的Black-Scholes公式,而且可用于上封顶与下保底(幂型)欧式看涨期权的定价.     

跳-扩散模型下的再装期权定价

本文建立股票价格的跳过程为Poisson过程,跳跃高度服从对数正态分布时股票价格过程的随机微分方程,在风险中性的假设下找到等价鞅测度,利用鞅方法,用较简单的数学推导得到了股票价格服从跳-扩散过程的欧式再装期权定价公式.     

A game theoretic approach to option valuation under Markovian regime-switching models

In this paper, we consider a game theoretic approach to option valuation under Markovian regime-switching models, namely, a Markovian regime-switching geometric Brownian motion (GBM) and a Markovian regime-switching jump-diffusion model. In particular, we consider a stochastic differential game with two players, namely, the representative agent and the market. The representative agent has a power utility function and the market is a “fictitious” player of the game. We also explore and strengthen the connection between an equivalent martingale measure for option valuation selected by an equilibrium state of the stochastic differential game and that arising from a regime switching version of the Esscher transform. When the stock price process is governed by a Markovian regime-switching GBM, the pricing measures chosen by the two approaches coincide. When the stock price process is governed by a Markovian regime-switching jump-diffusion model, we identify the condition under which the pricing measures selected by the two approaches are identical.     

A note on the mean correcting martingale measure for geometric Lévy processes

A martingale measure is constructed by using a mean correcting transform for the geometric Lévy processes model. It is shown that this measure is the mean correcting martingale measure if and only if, in the Lévy process, there exists a continuous Gaussian part. Although this measure cannot be equivalent to a physical probability for a pure jump Lévy process, we show that a European call option price under this measure is still arbitrage free.     

A Convenient Way to Characterize Equivalent Martingale Measures in Incomplete Markets

It is an empirical fact that the (empirically) relevant models for asset prices often describe markets that are incomplete in terms of their underlying assets, yielding many possible equivalent martingale measures under the no-arbitrage assumption. By using actual derivative prices, i.e., prices as observed in the market, additional information about the empirically relevant equivalent martingale measures might be obtained. In order to be able to process such information easily one needs a convenient way to represent all possible equivalent martingale measures in relation to derivative prices. In this paper we present such a convenient characterization. Conceptually, our characterization is not different from existing characterizations using, for example, Radon–Nikodym derivatives of martingale measures with respect to objective probabilities, but our characterization offers some advantages. The main advantage is that pricing derivatives is split up into two steps. The first step is solving a related complete markets pricing problem. This is a well-studied problem, so that it can easily be solved generally. In the second step a weighted average of the first step complete markets price must be calculated. Pricing under different equivalent martingale measures in the original market only differs with respect to the second step. The empirically relevant weighting can be determined by confronting the theoretical with the actually observed prices. As a byproduct we obtain a new and natural definition of idiosyncratic risk, which we show to be in line with the use of this term in the literature.To illustrate the ideas we discuss several examples. Among others we obtain the Hull–White formula for options on assets with stochastic volatility under close to minimal conditions that (for example) do not rely on a specification of the processes in terms of Itô diffusion.we relax the assumption of no-correlation between asset prices and volatilities in the Hull–White framework; we consider the case where the stochastic volatility does bear a risk-premium; we discuss pricing under stochastic interest rates; and we consider square-root type processes. All these pricing problems, and many more, can conveniently be handled using the approach based on our characterization of the equivalent martingale measures in continuous time markets that are incomplete in the underlying assets.     

Pricing catastrophe options in discrete operational time

We employ a doubly-binomial process as in Gerber [Gerber, H.U., 1988. Mathematical fun with the compound binomial process. ASTIN Bull. 18, 161-168] to discretize and generalize the continuous “randomized operational time” model of Chang et al. ([Chang, C.W., Chang, J.S.K., Yu, M.T., 1996. Pricing catastrophe insurance futures call spreads: A randomized operational time approach. J. Risk Insurance 63, 599-616] and CCY hereafter) from a complete-market continuous-time setting to an incomplete-market discrete-time setting, so as to price a richer set of catastrophe (CAT) options. For futures options, we derive the equivalent martingale probability measures by benchmarking to the shadow price of a bond to span arrival uncertainty, and the underlying futures price to span price uncertainty. With a time change from calendar time to the operational transaction-time dimension, we derive CCY as a limiting case under risk-neutrality when both calendar-time and transaction-time intervals shrink to zero. For a cash option with non-traded underlying loss index, we benchmark to the market reinsurance premiums to span claim uncertainty, and with a time change to claim time, we derive the cash option price as a binomial sum of claim-time binomial Asian option prices under the martingale measures.     

Pricing catastrophe options in discrete operational time

We employ a doubly-binomial process as in Gerber [Gerber, H.U., 1988. Mathematical fun with the compound binomial process. ASTIN Bull. 18, 161–168] to discretize and generalize the continuous “randomized operational time” model of Chang et al. ([Chang, C.W., Chang, J.S.K., Yu, M.T., 1996. Pricing catastrophe insurance futures call spreads: A randomized operational time approach. J. Risk Insurance 63, 599–616] and CCY hereafter) from a complete-market continuous-time setting to an incomplete-market discrete-time setting, so as to price a richer set of catastrophe (CAT) options. For futures options, we derive the equivalent martingale probability measures by benchmarking to the shadow price of a bond to span arrival uncertainty, and the underlying futures price to span price uncertainty. With a time change from calendar time to the operational transaction-time dimension, we derive CCY as a limiting case under risk-neutrality when both calendar-time and transaction-time intervals shrink to zero. For a cash option with non-traded underlying loss index, we benchmark to the market reinsurance premiums to span claim uncertainty, and with a time change to claim time, we derive the cash option price as a binomial sum of claim-time binomial Asian option prices under the martingale measures.     

标的资产价格服从分数布朗运动的几种新型期权定价

在等价鞅测度下,研究标的资产价格服从分数布朗运动的几种新型股票期权定价公式——n次幂期权、(幂型)上封顶及下保底型欧式看涨期权.并与基于标准布朗运动的期权定价公式进行比较分析,进一步论证布朗运动只是分数布朗运动的一种特例,可基于分数布朗运动对原有的期权定价模型进行推广.     

标的资产服从NIG-Levy过程的亚式期权数值定价分析

考虑到金融时间序列的厚尾性即呈现尖峰厚尾分布,波动率具有聚集性和持续性等特点,也即标的资产的价格可能会出现间断的跳跃,我们展示了在标的资产价格对数收益服从NIG-Levy过程的条件下,如何构建和计算等价鞅测度,我们考虑通过Esscher转换得到Q等价鞅测度,并以此为基础寻找风险中性概率的条件,最后利用这些条件探讨亚式期权的数值定价问题,利用低差异序列中的Halton、Sobol、Faure序列对亚式期权进行了数值定价分析.     

考虑信用风险的亚式期权定价

在结构化模型下,考虑标的资产的红利收益及企业债务为确定和随机两种情况,采用鞅方法得到有信用风险的连续几何平均亚式看涨和看跌期权的定价公式。且公式具有Black-Scholes平价关系。     

一类特殊半鞅模型中无套利测度的刻划

本文研究金融市场中一类特殊半鞅模型,其价格过程具有X=LD的形式,这里L是局部有界鞅,D是可料有限变差过程.对这类模型我们导出其等价鞅测度存在的充分必要条件.另外,我们将[2]中的条件/△M/≤C推广到M为局部有界鞅,得到相应的结果.     

The relative entropy in CGMY processes and its applications to finance

The CGMY market model generates infinite equivalent martingale measures (EMM). In order to price options, we need an adequate method to choose one EMM. This paper presents the relative entropy for CGMY processes, and apply it to choosing an EMM called the model preserving minimal entropy martingale measure.      

Vasicěk随机利率模型下指数O-U过程的幂型期权鞅定价

研究了Vasicěk随机利率模型中一维标准Brown运动与资产价格服从指数Ornstein-Uhlenbeck过程中一维标准Brown运动的相关系数为ρ(-1≤ρ≤1)的情形下的幂型期权鞅定价问题.推广了基于Vasicěk随机利率模型下基于Black-Scholes公式的两种幂型期权定价问题.并利用Girsanov定理和等价鞅测度,给出了基于Vasicěk随机利率模型下服从指数Ornstein-Uhlenbeck过程的两种欧式幂型期权鞅定价公式.     

跳-扩散幂型支付的期权定价公式

假设股票价格服从跳扩散过程,并且参数为时间函数的条件下,利用等价鞅测度变换方法得到了幂型支付的欧式期权的定价公式.并且将其推广到有N个独立跳跃源的定价模型中.     

Optimal Investment in a Levy Market

In this paper we consider the optimal investment problem in a market where the stock price process is modeled by a geometric Levy process (taking into account jumps). Except for the geometric Brownian model and the geometric Poissonian model, the resulting models are incomplete and there are many equivalent martingale measures. However, the model can be completed by the so-called power-jump assets. By doing this we allow investment in these new assets and we can try to maximize the expected utility of these portfolios. As particular cases we obtain the optimal portfolios based in stocks and bonds, showing that the new assets are superfluous for certain martingale measures that depend on the utility function we use.     

支付连续红利的欧式和美式期权定价问题的研究

本文从投资策略的角度出发,针对支付连续红利欧式和美式期权,通过构造等价鞅测度,进而构造出最小保值策略即复制策略,由此得到相应的期权的一般定价公式,并在此基础上运用概率求期望和方程代换这两种方法推导出带红利标准欧式看涨期权的定价B-S公式.     

跳跃——-扩散型欧式加权几何平均价格亚式期权定价

在亚式期权定价理论的基础上, 对期权的标的资产价格引入跳跃---扩散过程进行建模, 用几何Brown运动描述其常态连续变动, 用Possion过程刻画资产价格受新信息和稀有偶发事件的冲击发生跳跃的记数过程, 用对数正态随机变量描述跳跃对应的跳跃幅度, 在模型限定下运用Ito-Skorohod微分公式和等价鞅测度变换, 导出欧式加权几何平均价格亚式期权封闭形式的解析定价公式