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Recognizing the importance of jump risk in option pricing, we propose a neural jump stochastic differential equation model in this paper, which integrates neural networks as parameter estimators in the conventional jump diffusion model. To…

General Finance · Quantitative Finance 2025-06-06 Duosi Zheng , Hanzhong Guo , Yanchu Liu , Wei Huang

An efficient computational algorithm to price financial derivatives is presented. It is based on a path integral formulation of the pricing problem. It is shown how the path integral approach can be worked out in order to obtain fast and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 G. Montagna , O. Nicrosini , N. Moreni

We study option prices in financial markets where the risky asset prices are modelled by jump diffusions. It was proposed by Schweizer (1996) in a general semimartingale setting, following earlier works by F\"ollmer and Sondermann (1986)…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-28 Nacira Agram , Bernt Øksendal

It is well known that the Black-Scholes-Merton model suffers from several deficiencies. Jump-diffusion and Levy models have been widely used to partially alleviate some of the biases inherent in this classical model. Unfortunately, the…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Kenneth R. Jackson , Sebastian Jaimungal , Vladimir Surkov

We propose an adaptive and explicit fourth-order Runge-Kutta-Fehlberg method coupled with a fourth-order compact scheme to solve the American put options problem. First, the free boundary problem is converted into a system of partial…

Computational Finance · Quantitative Finance 2021-07-27 Chinonso Nwankwo , Weizhong Dai

This research addresses accurate option pricing by employing models beyond the traditional Black-Scholes framework. While Black-Scholes provides a closed-form solution, it is limited by assumptions of constant volatility, no dividends, and…

Computational Finance · Quantitative Finance 2026-04-08 Karmanpartap Singh Sidhu , Pranshi Saxena

We present a new approximation scheme for the price and exercise policy of American options. The scheme is based on Hermite polynomial expansions of the transition density of the underlying asset dynamics and the early exercise premium…

Computational Finance · Quantitative Finance 2021-04-27 Li Chen , Guang Zhang

Path integral techniques for the pricing of financial options are mostly based on models that can be recast in terms of a Fokker-Planck differential equation and that, consequently, neglect jumps and only describe drift and diffusion. We…

Pricing of Securities · Quantitative Finance 2010-11-08 L. Z. J. Liang , D. Lemmens , J. Tempere

In this note we consider the approximation of the Greeks Delta and Gamma of American-style options through the numerical solution of time-dependent partial differential complementarity problems (PDCPs). This approach is very attractive as…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-01-25 Karel J. in 't Hout

This paper deals with the numerical approximation of American-style option values governed by partial differential complementarity problems. For a variety of one- and two-asset American options we investigate by ample numerical experiments…

Computational Finance · Quantitative Finance 2016-11-01 Karel in 't Hout , Radoslav Valkov

We introduce a new approach for the numerical pricing of American options. The main idea is to choose a finite number of suitable excessive functions (randomly) and to find the smallest majorant of the gain function in the span of these…

Computational Finance · Quantitative Finance 2013-10-17 Sören Christensen

In this paper, we develop novel numerical methods based on the Multi-Point Flux Approximation (MPFA) method to solve the degenerated partial differential equation (PDE) arising from pricing two-assets options. The standard MPFA is used as…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-05-14 Rock Stephane Koffi , Antoine Tambue

This paper deals with pricing of European and American options, when the underlying asset price follows Heston model, via the interior penalty discontinuous Galerkin finite element method (dGFEM). The advantages of dGFEM space…

Computational Finance · Quantitative Finance 2020-05-28 Sinem Kozpınar , Murat Uzunca , Bülent Karasözen

The present article provides an efficient and accurate hybrid method to price American standard options in certain jump-diffusion models as well as American barrier-type options under the Black & Scholes framework. Our method generalizes…

Mathematical Finance · Quantitative Finance 2019-12-03 Ludovic Mathys

This article combines various methods of analysis to draw a comprehensive picture of penalty approximations to the value, hedge ratio, and optimal exercise strategy of American options. While convergence of the penalised solution for…

Computational Finance · Quantitative Finance 2013-05-21 Sam Howison , Christoph Reisinger , Jan Hendrik Witte

We provide an European option pricing formula written in the form of an infinite series of Black Scholes type terms under double Levy jumps model, where both the interest rate and underlying price are driven by Levy process. The series…

Pricing of Securities · Quantitative Finance 2023-05-19 Qian Li , Li Wang

We investigate pricing-hedging duality for American options in discrete time financial models where some assets are traded dynamically and others, e.g. a family of European options, only statically. In the first part of the paper we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-04-11 Anna Aksamit , Shuoqing Deng , Jan Obłój , Xiaolu Tan

In this work, we analyze a Crank-Nicolson type time stepping scheme for the subdiffusion equation, which involves a Caputo fractional derivative of order $\alpha\in (0,1)$ in time. It hybridizes the backward Euler convolution quadrature…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-02-28 Bangti Jin , Buyang Li , Zhi Zhou

In this paper, our focus lies on the Merton's jump diffusion model, employing jump processes characterized by the compound Poisson process. Our primary objective is to forecast the drift and volatility of the model using a variety of…

Statistical Finance · Quantitative Finance 2024-05-24 Ayush Singh , Anshu K. Jha , Amit N. Kumar

This study investigates enhancing option pricing by extending the Black-Scholes model to include stochastic volatility and interest rate variability within the Partial Differential Equation (PDE). The PDE is solved using the finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-04-15 Nikhil Shivakumar Nayak