Barrier Option Pricing Under SABR Model Using Monte Carlo Methods

Barrier Option Pricing Under SABR Model Using Monte Carlo Methods
Author: Junling Hu
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Total Pages: 170
Release: 2013
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Abstract: The project investigates the prices of barrier options from the constant underlying volatility in the Black-Scholes model to stochastic volatility model in SABR framework. The constant volatility assumption in derivative pricing is not able to capture the dynamics of volatility. In order to resolve the shortcomings of the Black-Scholes model, it becomes necessary to find a model that reproduces the smile effect of the volatility. To model the volatility more accurately, we look into the recently developed SABR model which is widely used by practitioners in the financial industry. Pricing a barrier option whose payoff to be path dependent intrigued us to find a proper numerical method to approximate its price. We discuss the basic sampling methods of Monte Carlo and several popular variance reduction techniques. Then, we apply Monte Carlo methods to simulate the price of the down-and-out put barrier options under the Black-Scholes model and the SABR model as well as compare the features of these two models.

Variance Reduction for Monte Carlo Simulation of European, American Or Barrier Options in a Stochastic Volatility Environment

Variance Reduction for Monte Carlo Simulation of European, American Or Barrier Options in a Stochastic Volatility Environment
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Release: 2002
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In this work we develop a methodology to reduce the variance when applying Monte Carlo simulation to the pricing of a European, American or Barrier option in a stochastic volatility environment. We begin by presenting some applicable concepts in the theory of stochastic differential equations. Secondly, we develop the model for the evolution of an asset price under constant volatility. We next present the replicating portfolio and equivalent martingale measure approaches to the pricing of a European style option. Modeling an asset price utilizing constant volatility has been shown to be an inefficient model[8,16]. One way to compensate for this inefficiency is the use of stochastic volatility models, which involves modeling the volatility as a function of a stochastic process[26]. A class of these models is presented and a discussion is given on how to price European options in this framework. After developing the methods of how to price, we begin our discussion on Monte Carlo simulation of European options in a stochastic volatility environment. We start by describing how to simulate Monte Carlo for a diffusion process modeled as a stochastic differential equation. The essential element to our variance reduction technique, which is known as importance sampling, is hereafter presented. Importance sampling requires a preliminary approximation to the expectation of interest, which we obtain by a fast mean-reversion expansion of the pricing partial differential equation[22,6]. A detailed discussion is given on this fast mean-reversion expansion technique, which was first presented in [10]. We shall compare utilizing this method of expansion with that developed in [11], which is know as small noise expansion, and demonstrate numerically the efficiency of the fast mean-reversion expansion, in particular in the presence of a skew. We next wish to apply our variance reduction technique to the pricing of an American and barrier option. A discussion is given on how to price.

Using Monte Carlo Simulation and Importance Sampling to Rapidly Obtain Jump-Diffusion Prices of Continuous Barrier Options

Using Monte Carlo Simulation and Importance Sampling to Rapidly Obtain Jump-Diffusion Prices of Continuous Barrier Options
Author: Mark S. Joshi
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Total Pages: 15
Release: 2007
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The problem of pricing a continuous barrier option in a jump-diffusion model is studied. It is shown that via an effective combination of importance sampling and analytic formulas thatsubstantial speed ups can be achieved. These techniques are shown to be particularly effective for computing deltas.

Methods for Pricing and Hedging Plain Vanilla Barrier Options

Methods for Pricing and Hedging Plain Vanilla Barrier Options
Author: Emmanuel Deogratias
Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2013
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ISBN: 9783659362316

The Black Scholes Model (1973) is used to price and hedge plain vanilla barrier options on a non dividend paying asset. Under this model, Monte Carlo Simulation, Stratified sampling, Simpson's rule, Trapezoidal rule and Antithetic variable techniques have been used to determine the value and hedging portfolio of a plain vanilla barrier option. Also stochastic dynamic programming has been developed so as to determine the price and hedging portfolio of the option. Finally the methods are compared to each other in terms of accuracy. It is found that stratified sampling technique is the best method after comparing with other methods.

On an Efficient Multiple Time-Step Monte Carlo Simulation of the SABR Model

On an Efficient Multiple Time-Step Monte Carlo Simulation of the SABR Model
Author: Alvaro Leitao Rodriguez
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Total Pages: 28
Release: 2018
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In this paper, we will present a multiple time-step Monte Carlo simulation technique for pricing options under the (Stochastic Alpha Beta Rho (SABR)) model. The proposed method is an extension of the one time-step Monte Carlo method that we proposed in an accompanying paper, for pricing European options in the context of the model calibration. A highly efficient method results, with many highly interesting and nontrivial components, like Fourier inversion for the sum of log-normals, stochastic collocation, Gumbel copula, correlation approximation, that are not yet seen in combination within a Monte Carlo simulation. The present multiple time-step Monte Carlo method is especially useful for long-term options and for exotic options.

Calibration and Monte Carlo Pricing of the SABR-Hull-White Model for Long-Maturity Equity Derivatives

Calibration and Monte Carlo Pricing of the SABR-Hull-White Model for Long-Maturity Equity Derivatives
Author: Bin Chen
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Total Pages: 24
Release: 2014
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We model the joint dynamics of stock and interest rate by a hybrid SABR-Hull-White model, in which the asset price dynamics are modeled by the SABR model and the interest rate dynamics by the Hull-White short-rate model. We propose a projection formula, mapping the SABR-HW model parameters onto the parameters of the nearest SABR model. A time-dependent parameter extension of this SABR-HW model is adopted to make the calibration of the model consistent across maturity times. The calibration procedure is then finalized by employing the weighted Monte Carlo technique. The Monte Carlo weights are not uniform and chosen to replicate the calibration market instruments.

Financial Modelling

Financial Modelling
Author: Joerg Kienitz
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 736
Release: 2013-02-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0470744898

Financial modelling Theory, Implementation and Practice with MATLAB Source Jörg Kienitz and Daniel Wetterau Financial Modelling - Theory, Implementation and Practice with MATLAB Source is a unique combination of quantitative techniques, the application to financial problems and programming using Matlab. The book enables the reader to model, design and implement a wide range of financial models for derivatives pricing and asset allocation, providing practitioners with complete financial modelling workflow, from model choice, deriving prices and Greeks using (semi-) analytic and simulation techniques, and calibration even for exotic options. The book is split into three parts. The first part considers financial markets in general and looks at the complex models needed to handle observed structures, reviewing models based on diffusions including stochastic-local volatility models and (pure) jump processes. It shows the possible risk-neutral densities, implied volatility surfaces, option pricing and typical paths for a variety of models including SABR, Heston, Bates, Bates-Hull-White, Displaced-Heston, or stochastic volatility versions of Variance Gamma, respectively Normal Inverse Gaussian models and finally, multi-dimensional models. The stochastic-local-volatility Libor market model with time-dependent parameters is considered and as an application how to price and risk-manage CMS spread products is demonstrated. The second part of the book deals with numerical methods which enables the reader to use the models of the first part for pricing and risk management, covering methods based on direct integration and Fourier transforms, and detailing the implementation of the COS, CONV, Carr-Madan method or Fourier-Space-Time Stepping. This is applied to pricing of European, Bermudan and exotic options as well as the calculation of the Greeks. The Monte Carlo simulation technique is outlined and bridge sampling is discussed in a Gaussian setting and for Lévy processes. Computation of Greeks is covered using likelihood ratio methods and adjoint techniques. A chapter on state-of-the-art optimization algorithms rounds up the toolkit for applying advanced mathematical models to financial problems and the last chapter in this section of the book also serves as an introduction to model risk. The third part is devoted to the usage of Matlab, introducing the software package by describing the basic functions applied for financial engineering. The programming is approached from an object-oriented perspective with examples to propose a framework for calibration, hedging and the adjoint method for calculating Greeks in a Libor market model. Source code used for producing the results and analysing the models is provided on the author's dedicated website, http://www.mathworks.de/matlabcentral/fileexchange/authors/246981.

A Second Order Discretization with Malliavin Weight and Quasi-Monte Carlo Method for Option Pricing

A Second Order Discretization with Malliavin Weight and Quasi-Monte Carlo Method for Option Pricing
Author: Toshihiro Yamada
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Total Pages: 22
Release: 2018
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This paper shows an efficient second order discretization scheme of expectations of stochastic differential equations. We introduce smart Malliavin weight which is given by a simple polynomials of Brownian motions as an improvement of the scheme of Yamada (2017). A new quasi Monte Carlo simulation is proposed to attain an efficient option pricing scheme. Numerical examples for the SABR model are shown to illustrate the validity of the scheme.

Pricing Window Barrier Options with a Hybrid Stochastic-Local Volatility Model

Pricing Window Barrier Options with a Hybrid Stochastic-Local Volatility Model
Author: Yu Tian
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Total Pages: 8
Release: 2014
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In this paper, we present our research on pricing window barrier options under a hybrid stochastic-local volatility (SLV) model in the foreign exchange (FX) market. Due to the hybrid effect of the local volatility and stochastic volatility components of the model, the SLV model can reproduce the market implied volatility surface, and can improve the pricing accuracy for exotic options at the same time. In this paper, numerical techniques such as Monte Carlo and finite difference methods for standard exotic barrier options under the SLV model are extended to pricing window barrier options and numerical results produced by the SLV model are used to examine the performance and accuracy of the model for pricing window barrier options.

The Time-Dependent FX-SABR Model

The Time-Dependent FX-SABR Model
Author: Anthonie van der Stoep
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Total Pages: 30
Release: 2015
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We present a framework for efficient calibration of the time-dependent SABR model in an FX context. In a similar fashion as in Piterbarg (2005) we derive effective parameters, which yield an accurate and efficient calibration. On top of the calibrated FX-SABR model we add a non-parametric local volatility component, which naturally compensates for possible calibration errors. By means of Monte Carlo pricing experiments we show that the time-dependent FX-SABR model enables an accurate and consistent pricing of barrier options and outperforms the constant-parameter SABR model and the traditional Local Volatility model. We also consider the role of the local volatility component in pricing barrier options.