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Efficient inverse $Z$-transform and pricing barrier and lookback options with discrete monitoring

Numerical Analysis 2022-08-01 v2 Numerical Analysis Computational Finance

Abstract

We prove simple general formulas for expectations of functions of a random walk and its running extremum. Under additional conditions, we derive analytical formulas using the inverse ZZ-transform, the Fourier/Laplace inversion and Wiener-Hopf factorization, and discuss efficient numerical methods for realization of these formulas. As applications, the cumulative probability distribution function of the process and its running maximum and the price of the option to exchange the power of a stock for its maximum are calculated. The most efficient numerical methods use a new efficient numerical realization of the inverse ZZ-transform, the sinh-acceleration technique and simplified trapezoid rule. The program in Matlab running on a Mac with moderate characteristics achieves the precision E-10 and better in several dozen of milliseconds, and E-14 - in a fraction of a isecond.

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@article{arxiv.2207.02858,
  title  = {Efficient inverse $Z$-transform and pricing barrier and lookback options with discrete monitoring},
  author = {Svetlana Boyarchenko and Sergei Levendorskiĭ},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.02858},
  year   = {2022}
}

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arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2207.02793