Trading Strategy Adipted Optimization of European Call Option

Exact Solution of Discrete Hedging Equation for European Option

The approach that allows find European option price on the assumption of hedging at discrete times is proposed. The routine allows find the option price not for lognormal distribution functions of underlying asset only but for wide enough classes of distribution functions too. It is shown that there exists a nonzero possibility that market parameters can take values such that to realize the hedging policy becomes impossible. This fact is not in contradiction with Black-Scholes option price model as long as this possibility tends to zero at the limit of continuous hedging.

Arbitrage, hedging and utility maximization using semi-static trading strategies with American options

We consider a financial market where stocks are available for dynamic trading, and European and American options are available for static trading (semi-static trading strategies). We assume that the American options are infinitely divisible, and can only be bought but not sold. In the first part of the paper, we work within the framework without model ambiguity. We first get the fundamental theorem of asset pricing (FTAP). Using the FTAP, we get the dualities for the hedging prices of European and American options. Based on the hedging dualities, we also get the duality for the utility maximiz…

Linear vector optimization and European option pricing under proportional transaction costs

A method for pricing and superhedging European options under proportional transaction costs based on linear vector optimisation and geometric duality developed by Lohne & Rudloff (2014) is compared to a special case of the algorithms for American type derivatives due to Roux & Zastawniak (2014). An equivalence between these two approaches is established by means of a general result linking the support function of the upper image of a linear vector optimisation problem with the lower image of the dual linear optimisation problem.

Model-independent no-arbitrage conditions on American put options

We consider the pricing of American put options in a model-independent setting: that is, we do not assume that asset prices behave according to a given model, but aim to draw conclusions that hold in any model. We incorporate market information by supposing that the prices of European options are known. In this setting, we are able to provide conditions on the American Put prices which are necessary for the absence of arbitrage. Moreover, if we further assume that there are finitely many European and American options traded, then we are able to show that these conditions are also sufficient. T…

欧洲期权在含多重违约的市场模型中的BSDE方法

European Options in Market Models with Multiple Defaults: the BSDE approach

本文通过BSDE方法研究了在多重违约市场模型中欧洲期权的定价与对冲问题，推导了线性驱动函数下的显式公式，并分析了不同市场结构下的违约影响。

Analysis of the optimal exercise boundary of American put options with delivery lags

A make-your-mind-up option is an American derivative with delivery lags. We show that its put option can be decomposed as a European put and a new type of American-style derivative. The latter is an option for which the investor receives the Greek Theta of the corresponding European option as the running payoff, and decides an optimal stopping time to terminate the contract. Based on this decomposition and using free boundary techniques, we show that the associated optimal exercise boundary exists and is a strictly increasing and smooth curve, and analyze the asymptotic behavior of the value f…