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Main Authors: Dolinsky, Yan, Zhang, Xin
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.28948
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author Dolinsky, Yan
Zhang, Xin
author_facet Dolinsky, Yan
Zhang, Xin
contents We study scaled trinomial models converging to the Black--Scholes model, and analyze exponential certainty-equivalent prices for path-dependent European options. As the number of trading dates $n$ tends to infinity and the risk aversion is scaled as $nl$ for a fixed constant $l>0$, we derive a nontrivial scaling limit. Our analysis is purely probabilistic. Using a duality argument for the certainty equivalent, together with martingale and weak-convergence techniques, we show that the limiting problem takes the form of a volatility control problem with a specific penalty. For European options with Markovian payoffs, we analyze the optimal control problem and show that the corresponding delta-hedging strategy is asymptotically optimal for the primal problem.
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spellingShingle Scaling Limits for Exponential Hedging in Trinomial Models
Dolinsky, Yan
Zhang, Xin
Mathematical Finance
We study scaled trinomial models converging to the Black--Scholes model, and analyze exponential certainty-equivalent prices for path-dependent European options. As the number of trading dates $n$ tends to infinity and the risk aversion is scaled as $nl$ for a fixed constant $l>0$, we derive a nontrivial scaling limit. Our analysis is purely probabilistic. Using a duality argument for the certainty equivalent, together with martingale and weak-convergence techniques, we show that the limiting problem takes the form of a volatility control problem with a specific penalty. For European options with Markovian payoffs, we analyze the optimal control problem and show that the corresponding delta-hedging strategy is asymptotically optimal for the primal problem.
title Scaling Limits for Exponential Hedging in Trinomial Models
topic Mathematical Finance
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.28948