A Modified Binomial Tree Method for Currency Lookback Options

Abstract The binomial tree method is the most popular numerical approach to pricing options. However, for currency lookback options, this method is not consistent with the corresponding continuous models, which leads to slow speed of convergence. On the basis of the PDE approach, we develop a consistent numerical scheme called the modified binomial tree method. It possesses one order of accuracy and its efficiency is demonstrated by numerical experiments. The convergence proofs are also produced in terms of numerical analysis and the notion of viscosity solution. Supported by National Science Foundation of China (No. 19871062)     

The Stochastically Subordinated Poisson Normal Process for Modelling Financial Assets

The method of stochastic subordination, or random time indexing, has been recently applied to Wiener process price processes to model financial returns. Previous emphasis in stochastic subordination models has involved explicitly identifying the subordinating process with an observable quantity such as number of trades. In contrast, the approach taken here does not depend on the specific identification of the subordinated time variable, but rather assumes a class of time models and estimates parameters from data. In addition, a simple Markov process is proposed for the characteristic parameter of the subordinating distribution to explain the significant autocorrelation of the squared returns. It is shown, in particular, that the proposed model, while containing only a few more parameters than the commonly used Wiener process models, fits selected financial time series particularly well, characterising the autocorrelation structure and heavy tails, as well as preserving the desirable self-similarity structure, and the existence of risk-neutral measures necessary for objective derivative valuation. Also, it will be shown that the model proposed fits financial times series data better than the popular generalised autoregressive conditional heteroscedasticity (GARCH) models. Additionally, this paper will develop a skew model by replacing the normal variates with Lévy stable variates.     

Two Efficient Parameterized Boundaries for Veneers Asian Option Pricing PDE

In this paper, we derive two general parameterized boundaries of finite difference scheme for Ve?e???s PDE which is used to price both fixed and floating strike Asian options. Using these two boundaries, we can deal with all kinds of situations, especially, some extreme cases, like overhigh volatility, very small volatility, etc, under which the Asian option is usually mispriced in many existing numerical methods. Numerical results show that our boundaries are pretty efficient.     

Pricing currency derivatives with Markov-modulated Lévy dynamics

Using a Lévy process we generalize formulas in Bo et al. (2010) for the Esscher transform parameters for the log-normal distribution which ensure that the martingale condition holds for the discounted foreign exchange rate. Using these values of the parameters we find a risk-neural measure and provide new formulas for the distribution of jumps, the mean jump size, and the Poisson process intensity with respect to this measure. The formulas for a European call foreign exchange option are also derived. We apply these formulas to the case of the log-double exponential distribution of jumps. We provide numerical simulations for the European call foreign exchange option prices with different parameters.     

基于分数布朗运动的具有信息影响的投资组合期权定价

假设标的资产价格服从分数布朗散运动,其价格跳跃度服从复合Poisson分布,采用拟鞅定价的方法,得到了具有信息影响的投资组合的期权定价公式.     

O-U过程模型下一种改进的亚式再装期权定价

考虑到再装期权对企业经理人的激励作用,结合将有效期内标的资产的几何平均值作为期权结算价格的思想,创建了一种改进的亚式再装股票期权模型,利用等价鞅方法,推导了该期权模型在OU过程下的定价公式.     

有限体积法定价美式期权

讨论美式期权定价的有限体积法.采用投影超松弛迭代法求解隐式欧拉和CrankNicolson有限体积格式离散Black-Scholes偏微分方程得到的线性互补问题.数值实验结果表明,两种有限体积格式都是有效的,而Crank-Nicolson格式的数值效果要优于隐式欧拉格式.     

A note on supply chain coordination for joint determination of order quantity and reorder point using a credit option

Credit options and side payments are two methods suggested for achieving coordination in a two-echelon supply chain. We examine the credit option coordination mechanism introduced by Chaharsooghi and Heydari [Chaharsooghi, S., & Heydari, J. (2010). Supply chain coordination for the joint determination of order quantity and reorder point using credit option. European Journal of Operational Research, 204(1), 86–95]. This method assumes that the supplier’s opportunity costs are equal to the reduction in the buyer’s financial holding costs during the credit period. In this note, we show that Chaharsooghi and Heydari’s method is not applicable when buyer and supplier opportunity costs are not equal. We introduce an alternate per order rebate method that reduces supply chain costs to centralized management levels.     

A recursive pricing formula for a path-dependent option under the constant elasticity of variance diffusion

In this paper, we consider a path-dependent option in finance under the constant elasticity of variance diffusion. We use a perturbation argument and the probabilistic representation (the Feynman–Kac theorem) of a partial differential equation to obtain a complete asymptotic expansion of the option price in a recursive manner based on the Black–Scholes formula and prove rigorously the existence of the expansion with a convergence error.     

考虑公司信息披露情绪的欧式脆弱期权定价

从公司信息披露的角度来看,定量数据直观地反映了公司的经营和财务状况,而描述性的非结构文本信息是对定量数据的有效补充。本文从公司年报中挖掘信用违约文本信息,构建语调变量情绪指标,以调控脆弱期权的违约临界值,改进经典的Klein欧式脆弱期权定价模型。研究表明:随着语调变量指标的增大,欧式看涨看跌期权价格呈递减趋势,且指标越接近1,期权价格递减速度越快,说明期权价格对负向情绪更加敏感,符合金融市场实际情况。此外,应用研究发现不考虑情绪指标的Klein模型倾向于低估期权价格,考虑公司信息披露情绪的脆弱期权定价模型能更准确地分析财务困境对信用风险的影响,结果更贴近实际情况。