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Robust replication of barrier-style claims on price and volatility

Mathematical Finance 2022-01-11 v4

Abstract

We show how to price and replicate a variety of barrier-style claims written on the log\log price XX and quadratic variation X\langle X \rangle of a risky asset. Our framework assumes no arbitrage, frictionless markets and zero interest rates. We model the risky asset as a strictly positive continuous semimartingale with an independent volatility process. The volatility process may exhibit jumps and may be non-Markovian. As hedging instruments, we use only the underlying risky asset, zero-coupon bonds, and European calls and puts with the same maturity as the barrier-style claim. We consider knock-in, knock-out and rebate claims in single and double barrier varieties.

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@article{arxiv.1508.00632,
  title  = {Robust replication of barrier-style claims on price and volatility},
  author = {Peter Carr and Roger Lee and Matthew Lorig},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.00632},
  year   = {2022}
}

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24 pages, 4 figures