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The paper calculates prices for multi-step barrier options under the Black-Scholes model.

problem Calculating prices for multi-step barrier options with varying barriers and time steps.
method Derives a general, explicit expression for option prices using the Black-Scholes model and a multi-step reflection principle.
result Derives a multi-step reflection principle that generalizes the reflection principle of Brownian motion.

A time-dependent double-barrier option is a derivative security that delivers the terminal value φ(ST)φ(S_T) at expiry TT if neither of the continuous time-dependent barriers $b_\pm:[0,T]\to \RR_+$ have been hit during the time interval [0,T][0,T]. Using a probabilistic approach we obtain a decomposition of the barrier opti…

2008-09-10abs ↗pdf ↗

We discuss the pricing methodology for Bonus Certificates and Barrier Reverse-Convertible Structured Products. Pricing for a European barrier condition is straightforward for products of both types and depends on an efficient interpolation of observed market option pricing. Pricing products We discuss the pricing metho…

2016-07-31abs ↗pdf ↗

Efficient semi-analytic methods for pricing double barrier options with time-dependent parameters.

problem Pricing and calibration of double barrier options with time-dependent parameters.
method Two approaches: General Integral transform method and Heat Potential method.
result Semi-analytic techniques are more efficient for pricing double barrier options than traditional numerical methods.

We provided an analytical representation of the price of a barrier option with one type of special moving barrier. We consider the case that risk free rate, dividend rate and stock volatility are time dependent. We get a pricing formula and put call parity for barrier option when the moving barrier has a special relati…

2013-03-06abs ↗pdf ↗

New method tackles bilevel optimization with polyhedral constraints.

problem Challenges in bilevel optimization with active-set changes and expensive Hessian inversions.
method Logarithmic barrier smoothing and proxy-gradient algorithm for differentiable approximation.
result Stationarity rates of O(K2/3)O(K^{-2/3}) in deterministic setting and O(K2/5)O(K^{-2/5}) under stochastic noise.

This paper deals with a high-order accurate implicit finite-difference approach to the pricing of barrier options. In this way various types of barrier options are priced, including barrier options paying rebates, and options on dividend-paying-stocks. Moreover, the barriers may be monitored either continuously or disc…

2007-09-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Research provides explicit NPV expressions for double barrier strategies.

problem Calculating expected NPVs of double barrier strategies for regular diffusions.
method Explicit expression using bivariate q-scale function with perturbation technique.
result Explicit expressions for expected NPVs are derived for certain cases.

Paper applies subdiffusive dynamics to American and barrier options pricing.

problem Valuation of American and barrier options in subdiffusive financial models.
method Proposes weighted finite difference and Longstaff-Schwartz methods for valuation.
result Numerical valuation of American and barrier options demonstrated.

We use Lie symmetry methods to price certain types of barrier options. Usually Lie symmetry methods cannot be used to solve the Black-Scholes equation for options because the function defining the maturity condition for an option is not smooth. However, for barrier options, this restriction can be accommodated and a sy…

2013-12-11abs ↗pdf ↗

In this paper we analyse financial implications of exchangeability and similar properties of finite dimensional random vectors. We show how these properties are reflected in prices of some basket options in view of the well-known put-call symmetry property and the duality principle in option pricing. A particular atten…

2009-01-30abs ↗pdf ↗

We say that a topologically embedded 3-sphere in a smoothing of Euclidean 4-space is a barrier provided, roughly, no diffeomorphism of the 4-manifold moves the 3-sphere off itself. In this paper we construct infinitely many one parameter families of distinct smoothings of 4-space with barrier 3-spheres. \par The existe…

1998-07-26abs ↗pdf ↗

This note re-addresses the Paris barrier options proposed by Yor and collaborators and their valuation using the Laplace transform approach. The notion of Paris barrier options, based on excursion theory and using the Brownian meander, is extended such that their valuation is now possible at any point during their life…

2002-02-28abs ↗pdf ↗

New formulas for barrier options in stochastic volatility models with nonzero correlation.

problem Calculating barrier options prices in models with nonzero correlation.
method Derivation of two novel closed-form formulas: Hull and White type and Alòs-like decomposition.
result Closed-form formulas for barrier options in stochastic volatility models with nonzero correlation.

Bayesian method synthesizes barrier certificates for unknown systems with latent states.

problem Certifying safety in systems with unknown dynamics and latent states.
method Bayesian inference with Metropolis-Hastings sampler and sum-of-squares program.
result Probabilistic validity of barrier certificates for unknown systems.

Study short-term behavior of up-and-in barrier options using Malliavin calculus.

problem Analyzing the decay rate of up-and-in barrier option prices as maturity decreases.
method Use Malliavin calculus to analyze the law of the supremum of the log-price process.
result Derive upper bound on asymptotic decay rate of up-and-in barrier option prices.

This paper presents a new asymptotic expansion method for pricing continuously monitoring barrier options. In particular, we develops a semi-group expansion scheme for the Cauchy-Dirichlet problem in the second-order parabolic partial differential equations (PDEs) arising in barrier option pricing. As an application, w…

2012-02-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Study efficient pricing for barrier options in stochastic-volatility models with leverage correction.

problem Barrier options are sensitive to volatility dynamics, especially leverage, making accurate pricing difficult.
method Developed a class of continuous-path stochastic-clock volatility models and a systematic small-ρ expansion to incorporate leverage.
result Transform-only pricing formulas for barrier derivatives are fast and numerically stable, even for negative leverage.

We show how to price and replicate a variety of barrier-style claims written on the log\log price XX and quadratic variation X\langle X \rangle of a risky asset. Our framework assumes no arbitrage, frictionless markets and zero interest rates. We model the risky asset as a strictly positive continuous semimartingale w…

2015-08-04abs ↗pdf ↗

IPMs struggle with hyperbolic spaces due to polynomially growing barrier parameters.

problem IPMs' efficiency is hindered in hyperbolic spaces.
method Analyzing the barrier parameter growth in hyperbolic and Hadamard spaces.
result The barrier parameter grows polynomially with the domain's diameter in hyperbolic spaces.

Sequential Monte Carlo (SMC) methods have successfully been used in many applications in engineering, statistics and physics. However, these are seldom used in financial option pricing literature and practice. This paper presents SMC method for pricing barrier options with continuous and discrete monitoring of the barr…

2014-05-21abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper extends Lévy models with memory to better price FX double barrier options.

problem Efficiently pricing double barrier options in complex FX models.
method Introduces regime-switching Lévy models with memory and a modified numerical method.
result New models and method improve accuracy of option pricing.

RHMC improves sampling polytopes defined by inequalities with barriers.

problem Sampling polytopes defined by inequalities efficiently.
method Riemannian Hamiltonian Monte Carlo (RHMC) with a hybrid of Lewis weights and logarithmic barriers.
result RHMC achieves mixing rate of ildeO(m1/3n4/3) ilde O(m^{1/3}n^{4/3}) for polytopes defined by mm inequalities in Rn\R^n.

Path integral method calculates PDBS option prices with time-dependent parameters.

problem Pricing proportional double-barrier step options with time-dependent interest rates and volatilities.
method Path integral method applied to a quantum mechanical analogy of barrier options.
result Derivation of pricing kernel for PDBS options with time-dependent parameters.

This paper is devoted to the pricing of Barrier options by optimal quadratic quantization method. From a known useful representation of the premium of barrier options one deduces an algorithm similar to one used to estimate nonlinear filter using quadratic optimal functional quantization. Some numerical tests are fulfi…

2010-12-05abs ↗pdf ↗

New concepts of barriers and black regions defined for Lorentzian manifolds.

problem Understanding causal world-lines and horizons in Lorentzian manifolds.
method Proving properties of null hypersurfaces and their causal world-lines.
result Null hypersurfaces are semi-permeable, leading to new concepts of barriers and black regions.

We show that prices and shortfall risks of game (Israeli) barrier options in a sequence of binomial approximations of the Black--Scholes (BS) market converge to the corresponding quantities for similar game barrier options in the BS market with path dependent payoffs and the speed of convergence is estimated, as well. …

2009-07-23abs ↗pdf ↗

In earlier work we introduced topologically minimal surfaces as the analogue of geometrically minimal surfaces. Here we strengthen the analogy by showing that complicated amalgamations act as barriers to low genus, topologically minimal surfaces.

2009-03-10abs ↗pdf ↗

New method for efficient pricing of double barrier options in Lévy models.

problem Difficulties in accurately and quickly calculating prices of double barrier options in jump models.
method GWR-SINH method based on Gaver-Wynn-Rho acceleration applied to Bromwich integral.
result Accurate and fast calculations of prices of double barrier options in jump models achieved.

New quantum code breaks distance barrier with transversal non-Clifford gates.

problem Breaking the sqrt(N) distance barrier for quantum LDPC codes.
method Combining three qLDPC codes, Freedman-Hastings mapping, and triple cup product.
result Achieves Ω(N^(2/3)) distance and Θ(N^(2/3)) dimension, enabling fault-tolerant magic state preparation.