Quasi-Monte Carlo with Domain Transformation for Efficient Fourier Pricing of Multi-Asset Options
Weierstrass Institute for Applied Analysis and Stochastics (WIAS)(魏尔斯特拉斯应用分析与随机性研究所);Mathematical Institute, Utrecht University(乌得勒支大学数学研究所);Delft Institute of Applied Mathematics, EEMCS, TU Delft(代尔夫特理工大学应用数学研究所);Department of Mathematics, SAMPS, NTUA(雅典国立技术大学数学系);Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics, FORTH(希腊研究与技术创新基金会应用与计算数学研究所);Chair of Mathematics for Uncertainty Quantification, RWTH Aachen University(亚琛工业大学不确定性量化数学教席);King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)(阿卜杜拉国王科技大学)
Christian Bayer, Chiheb Ben Hammouda, Antonis Papapantoleon, Michael Samet, Raul Tempone
Efficiently pricing multi-asset options poses a significant challenge in quantitative finance. Fourier methods leverage the regularity properties of the integrand in the Fourier domain to accurately and rapidly value options that typically lack regularity in the physical domain. However, most of the existing Fourier approaches face hurdles in high-dimensional settings due to the tensor product (TP) structure of the commonly employed numerical quadrature techniques. To overcome this difficulty, this work advocates using the randomized quasi-MC (RQMC) quadrature to improve the scalability of Fourier methods with high dimensions. The RQMC technique benefits from the smoothness of the integrand and alleviates the curse of dimensionality while providing practical error estimates. Nonetheless, the applicability of RQMC on the unbounded domain, $\mathbb{R}^d$, requires a domain transformation to $[0,1]^d$, which may result in singularities of the transformed integrand at the corners of the hypercube, and hence deteriorate the performance of RQMC. To circumvent this difficulty, we design an efficient domain transformation procedure based on boundary growth conditions on the transformed integrand. The proposed transformation preserves sufficient regularity of the original integrand for fast convergence of the RQMC method. To validate our analysis, we demonstrate the efficiency of employing RQMC with an appropriate transformation to evaluate options in the Fourier space for various pricing models, payoffs, and dimensions. Finally, we highlight the computational advantage of applying RQMC over MC or TP in the Fourier domain, and over MC in the physical domain for options with up to 15 assets.
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