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Deeply Learning Derivatives

Computational Finance 2018-10-19 v4 Machine Learning

Abstract

This paper uses deep learning to value derivatives. The approach is broadly applicable, and we use a call option on a basket of stocks as an example. We show that the deep learning model is accurate and very fast, capable of producing valuations a million times faster than traditional models. We develop a methodology to randomly generate appropriate training data and explore the impact of several parameters including layer width and depth, training data quality and quantity on model speed and accuracy.

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@article{arxiv.1809.02233,
  title  = {Deeply Learning Derivatives},
  author = {Ryan Ferguson and Andrew Green},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.02233},
  year   = {2018}
}