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A Path Integral Approach to Derivative Security Pricing: II. Numerical Methods

Statistical Mechanics 2008-12-10 v1 Computational Finance

Abstract

We discuss two numerical methods, based on a path integral approach described in a previous paper (I), for solving the stochastic equations underlying the financial markets: the Monte Carlo approach, and the Green function deterministic numerical method. Then, we apply the latter to some specific financial problems. In particular, we consider the pricing of a European option, a zero-coupon bond, a caplet, an American option, and a Bermudan swaption.

Cite

@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9901279,
  title  = {A Path Integral Approach to Derivative Security Pricing: II. Numerical Methods},
  author = {Marco Rosa-Clot and Stefano Taddei},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9901279},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

25 pages, 1 figure, submitted to International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance