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Digital double barrier options: Several barrier periods and structure floors

Pricing of Securities 2012-07-25 v2 Probability

Abstract

We determine the price of digital double barrier options with an arbitrary number of barrier periods in the Black-Scholes model. This means that the barriers are active during some time intervals, but are switched off in between. As an application, we calculate the value of a structure floor for structured notes whose individual coupons are digital double barrier options. This value can also be approximated by the price of a corridor put.

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@article{arxiv.1207.4608,
  title  = {Digital double barrier options: Several barrier periods and structure floors},
  author = {Sühan Altay and Stefan Gerhold and Karin Hirhager},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.4608},
  year   = {2012}
}