Path dependent option pricing under Lévy processes applied to Bermudan options
Conall O’Sullivan
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Conall O’Sullivan
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A model is developed that can price path dependent options when the underlying\nprocess is an exponential Lévy process with closed form conditional characteristic\nfunction. The model is an extension of a recent quadrature option pricing model so that it can be applied with the use of Fourier and Fast Fourier transforms.\nThus the model possesses nice features of both Fourier and quadrature option pricing techniques since it can be applied for a very general set of underlying Lévy processes and can handle exotic path dependent features. The model is applied to European and Bermudan options for geometric Brownian motion, a jump-diffusion process, a variance gamma process and a normal inverse Gaussian process. However it must be noted that the model can also price other path dependent exotic options such as lookback and Asian options.
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A model is developed that can price path dependent options when the underlying\nprocess is an exponential Lévy process with closed form conditional characteristic\nfunction. The model is an extension of a recent quadrature option pricing model so that it can be applied with the use of Fourier and Fast Fourier transforms.\nThus the model possesses nice features of both Fourier and quadrature option pricing techniques since it can be applied for a very general set of underlying Lévy processes and can handle exotic path dependent features. The model is applied to European and Bermudan options for geometric Brownian motion, a jump-diffusion process, a variance gamma process and a normal inverse Gaussian process. However it must be noted that the model can also price other path dependent exotic options such as lookback and Asian options.
Key concepts: Exotic option, Lévy process, Valuation of options, Quadrature (astronomy), Variance-gamma distribution, Exponential function, Binomial options pricing model, Path dependent