Explicit approximations of option prices via Malliavin calculus in a general stochastic volatility framework

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Main Authors: Das, Kaustav, Langrené, Nicolas
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author Das, Kaustav
Langrené, Nicolas
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Langrené, Nicolas
contents We establish an explicit approximation formula for European put option prices within a general stochastic volatility model with time-dependent parameters. Our methodology is based on expansions of the mixing representation of the put option price as an expectation of the Black-Scholes formula, in which the resulting terms are calculated explicitly by Malliavin calculus. We obtain an explicit representation of the error generated by the expansion procedure, and bound it in terms of moments of functionals of the underlying volatility process. Under the assumption of piecewise-constant parameters, our approximation formulas become closed-form, and compatible with a proposed fast calibration scheme. Finally, we perform a numerical sensitivity analysis to investigate the quality of our approximation formula in the so-called Stochastic Verhulst model, and show that the errors are well within the acceptable range for application purposes.
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spellingShingle Explicit approximations of option prices via Malliavin calculus in a general stochastic volatility framework
Das, Kaustav
Langrené, Nicolas
Mathematical Finance
91G60, 41A58, 65C20
G.3; G.1.2; J.4
We establish an explicit approximation formula for European put option prices within a general stochastic volatility model with time-dependent parameters. Our methodology is based on expansions of the mixing representation of the put option price as an expectation of the Black-Scholes formula, in which the resulting terms are calculated explicitly by Malliavin calculus. We obtain an explicit representation of the error generated by the expansion procedure, and bound it in terms of moments of functionals of the underlying volatility process. Under the assumption of piecewise-constant parameters, our approximation formulas become closed-form, and compatible with a proposed fast calibration scheme. Finally, we perform a numerical sensitivity analysis to investigate the quality of our approximation formula in the so-called Stochastic Verhulst model, and show that the errors are well within the acceptable range for application purposes.
title Explicit approximations of option prices via Malliavin calculus in a general stochastic volatility framework
topic Mathematical Finance
91G60, 41A58, 65C20
G.3; G.1.2; J.4
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.01542