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Hedging The Risk In The Continuous Time Option Pricing Model With Stochastic Stock Volatility

Statistical Mechanics 2008-12-02 v1 Pricing of Securities

Abstract

In this work, I address the issue of forming riskless hedge in the continuous time option pricing model with stochastic stock volatility. I show that it is essential to verify whether the replicating portfolio is self-financing, in order for the theory to be self-consistent. The replicating methods in existing finance literature are shown to violate the self-financing constraint when the underlying asset has stochastic volatility. Correct self-financing hedge is formed in this article.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9807066,
  title  = {Hedging The Risk In The Continuous Time Option Pricing Model With Stochastic Stock Volatility},
  author = {D. F. Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9807066},
  year   = {2008}
}

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8 pages, Revtex style