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48 results for European Contingent Claims

Paper approximates XVA for European contingent claims using BSDEs and polynomial expansions.

problem Computing Value Adjustment of European contingent claims with nonlinear features.
method Reduced-form approach, nonlinear Backward Stochastic Differential Equation (BSDE), change of numeraire, Taylor's polynomial expansion.
result Simple first-order approximation can be computationally efficient for CIR intensity model.

We propose a new definition for tameness within the model of security prices as Itô processes that is risk-aware. We give a new definition for arbitrage and characterize it. We then prove a theorem that can be seen as an extension of the second fundamental theorem of asset pricing, and a theorem for valuation of contin…

2003-05-19abs ↗pdf ↗

We propose a model for the joint evolution of European inflation, the European Central Bank official interest rate and the short-term interest rate, in a stochastic, continuous time setting. We derive the valuation equation for a contingent claim depending potentially on all three factors. This valuation equation reduc…

2019-11-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Study bounds for European basket call options in a discrete-time market model with price jumps.

problem Bounding the prices of European basket call options in a market model with price jumps.
method Computed bounds using a binomial model and proved that the lower bound coincides with Jensen's bound.
result The upper bound of the price interval of European basket call options can be computed by restricting to a binomial model.

This paper provides formulas for minimum cost super-hedging in a multi-asset binomial market.

problem Finding minimum cost super-hedging strategies in a multi-asset, incomplete market model.
method Explicit formulas for minimum cost super-hedging strategies for various European type multi-asset contingent claims.
result Explicit formulas for non-negative local residuals of super-hedging strategies.

We consider a general local-stochastic volatility model and an investor with exponential utility. For a European-style contingent claim, whose payoff may depend on either a traded or non-traded asset, we derive an explicit approximation for both the buyer's and seller's indifference price. For European calls on a trade…

2014-12-17abs ↗pdf ↗

Game contingent claims (GCCs) generalize American contingent claims by allowing the writer to recall the option as long as it is not exercised, at the price of paying some penalty. In incomplete markets, an appealing approach is to analyze GCCs like their European and American counterparts by solving option holder's an…

2017-07-28abs ↗pdf ↗

An extension of the idea of state tameness is presented in a dynamic framework. The proposed model for financial markets is rich enough to provide analytical tools that are mostly obtained in models that arise as the solution of SDEs with deterministic coefficients. In the presented model the augmentation by a shadow s…

2005-09-06abs ↗pdf ↗

We propose a flexible framework for hedging a contingent claim by holding static positions in vanilla European calls, puts, bonds, and forwards. A model-free expression is derived for the optimal static hedging strategy that minimizes the expected squared hedging error subject to a cost constraint. The optimal hedge in…

2015-06-05abs ↗pdf ↗

We study the utility indifference price of a European option in the context of small transaction costs. Considering the general setup allowing consumption and a general utility function at final time T, we obtain an asymptotic expansion of the utility indifference price as a function of the asymptotic expansions of the…

2014-01-14abs ↗pdf ↗

Suppose an investor aims at Delta hedging a European contingent claim h(S(T))h(S(T)) in a jump-diffusion model, but incorrectly specifies the stock price's volatility and jump sensitivity, so that any hedging strategy is calculated under a misspecified model. When does the erroneously computed strategy super-replicate the t…

2019-10-20abs ↗pdf ↗

An investor faced with a contingent claim may eliminate risk by perfect hedging, but as it is often quite expensive, he seeks partial hedging (quantile hedging or efficient hedging) that requires less capital and reduces the risk. Efficient hedging for European call option was considered in the standard Black-Scholes m…

2013-08-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Study stability of contingent claim solutions under probabilistic perturbations.

problem Stability of solutions to discrete-time contingent-claim problems under uncertainty.
method Use Rockafellian perturbations to analyze stability of solutions.
result Establishes convergence of dual problems and shadow prices.

We show that the existence of an equivalent local martingale measure for asset prices does not prevent negative prices for European calls written on positive stock prices. In particular, we illustrate that many standard no-arbitrage arguments implicitly rely on conditions stronger than the No Free Lunch With Vanishing …

2012-04-09abs ↗pdf ↗

We study the properties of nonlinear Backward Stochastic Differential Equations (BSDEs) driven by a Brownian motion and a martingale measure associated with a default jump with intensity process (λt)(λ_t). We give a priori estimates for these equations and prove comparison and strict comparison theorems. These results ar…

2016-12-16abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper defines and implements risk-indifference pricing for American-style contingent claims.

problem Pricing American-style contingent claims under uncertainty.
method Indifference pricing using convex risk measures and stochastic volatility models, with numerical solutions via deep learning.
result Characterization of indifference prices via Backward Stochastic Differential Equations (BSDEs).

In this paper, we study the pricing of contingent claims under G-expectation. In order to accomodate volatility uncertainty, the price of the risky security is supposed to governed by a general linear stochastic differential equation (SDE) driven by G-Brownian motion. Utilizing the recently developed results of Backwar…

2013-03-18abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper solves a utility-based hedging problem with quadratic costs.

problem Optimal trading strategy for hedging European contingent claims with quadratic transaction costs.
method Duality theory applied to exponential utility maximization problem.
result Explicit computation of optimal trading strategy for quadratic payoffs.

Study upper hedging prices for contingent claims in models with various types of arbitrage.

problem Valuation of contingent claims in market models with different types of arbitrage.
method Analysis of market models with increasing profit, strong arbitrage, and arbitrage of the first kind.
result Option prices are reduced when increasing profit is present, and corporate stock price processes can be derived from issuance and repurchase plans.

The paper extends portfolio theory to include contingent claim functions for option pricing.

problem Developing a method to price options using portfolio generating functions.
method Extending portfolio theory to include contingent claim functions and applying partial differential equations.
result A method to price options using portfolio generating functions and replicable contingent claim functions.

New method calculates super-hedging prices with transaction costs.

problem Super-hedging European contingent claims under proportional transaction costs.
method Explicit recursive scheme based on convex duality and Legendre-Fenchel transform.
result Computes super-hedging price and optimal strategy without martingale arguments.

We consider an American contingent claim on a financial market where the buyer has additional information. Both agents (seller and buyer) observe the same prices, while the information available to them may differ due to some extra exogenous knowledge the buyer has. The buyer's information flow is modeled by an initial…

2015-05-19abs ↗pdf ↗

Modelling stock prices via jump processes is common in financial markets. In practice, to hedge a contingent claim one typically uses the so-called delta-hedging strategy. This strategy stems from the Black--Merton--Scholes model where it perfectly replicates contingent claims. From the theoretical viewpoint, there is …

2011-03-25abs ↗pdf ↗

Extends model uncertainty framework to non-linear affine processes for longevity bonds and contingent claims.

problem Model uncertainty and non-linear affine processes in financial markets.
method Extended reduced-form setting with affine process intensities, introduced longevity bond, and priced contingent claims.
result Consistent valuation of longevity bonds and arbitrage-free market under sublinear operator.

We consider hedging of a contingent claim by a 'semi-static' strategy composed of a dynamic position in one asset and static (buy-and-hold) positions in other assets. We give general representations of the optimal strategy and the hedging error under the criterion of variance-optimality and provide tractable formulas u…

2017-09-16abs ↗pdf ↗

In a discrete-time financial market, a generalized duality is established for model-free superhedging, given marginal distributions of the underlying asset. Contrary to prior studies, we do not require contingent claims to be upper semicontinuous, allowing for upper semi-analytic ones. The generalized duality stipulate…

2019-09-13abs ↗pdf ↗

Bielecki and Rutkowski (2014) introduced and studied a generic nonlinear market model, which includes several risky assets, multiple funding accounts and margin accounts. In this paper, we examine the pricing and hedging of contract both from the perspective of the hedger and the counterparty with arbitrary initial end…

2014-10-02abs ↗pdf ↗