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We consider a nonlinear Klein--Gordon equation in the nonrelativistic limit regime with initial data in the form of a modulated highly oscillatory exponential. In this regime of a small scaling parameter $\varepsilon$, the solution exhibits…

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The method and characteristics of several approaches to the pricing of discretely monitored arithmetic Asian options on stocks with discrete, absolute dividends are described. The contrast between method behaviors for options with an Asian…

Computational Finance · Quantitative Finance 2021-03-04 Jacob Lundgren , Yuri Shpolyanskiy

It is a well known fact that local scale invariance plays a fundamental role in the theory of derivative pricing. Specific applications of this principle have been used quite often under the name of `change of numeraire', but in recent work…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Jiri Hoogland , Dimitri Neumann , Michel Vellekoop

This paper addresses the challenges of pricing exotic options and structured products, which traditional models often fail to handle due to their inability to capture real-world market phenomena like fat-tailed distributions and volatility…

Pricing of Securities · Quantitative Finance 2025-09-18 Helin Zhao , Junchi Shen

The proposed model modifies option pricing formulas for the basic case of log-normal probability distribution providing correspondence to formulated criteria of efficiency and completeness. The model is self-calibrating by historic…

Pricing of Securities · Quantitative Finance 2008-12-02 Pavel Levin

In this paper, we introduce two novel methods to solve the American-style option pricing problem and its dual form at the same time using neural networks. Without applying nested Monte Carlo, the first method uses a series of neural…

Computational Finance · Quantitative Finance 2025-04-22 Ivan Guo , Nicolas Langrené , Jiahao Wu

We investigate the relation between the fair price for European-style vanilla options and the distribution of short-term returns on the underlying asset ignoring transaction and other costs. We compute the risk-neutral probability density…

Physics and Society · Physics 2008-12-02 Martin Schaden

This paper presents a high-order deferred correction algorithm combined with penalty iteration for solving free and moving boundary problems, using a fourth-order finite difference method. Typically, when free boundary problems are solved…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-01-20 Dawei Wang , Kirill Serkh , Christina Christara

We study the pricing of European-style options written on forward contracts within function-valued infinite-dimensional affine stochastic volatility models. The dynamics of the underlying forward price curves are modeled within the…

Mathematical Finance · Quantitative Finance 2026-04-14 Jian He , Sven Karbach , Asma Khedher

The problem of European-style option pricing in time-changed L\'{e}vy models in the presence of compound Poisson jumps is considered. These jumps relate to sudden large drops in stock prices induced by political or economical hits. As the…

Probability · Mathematics 2020-01-10 Roman V. Ivanov , Katsunori Ano

In this paper we present a new methodology for option pricing. The main idea consists to represent a generic probability distribution function (PDF) via a perturbative expansion around a given, simpler, PDF (typically a gaussian function)…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2008-12-02 Marco Airoldi

In this paper a time-fractional Black-Scholes model (TFBSM) is considered to study the price change of the underlying fractal transmission system. We develop and analyze a numerical method to solve the TFBSM governing European options. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-07-20 Anshima Singh , Sunil Kumar

We consider a discrete-time approximation of paths of an Ornstein--Uhlenbeck process as a mean for estimation of a price of European call option in the model of financial market with stochastic volatility. The Euler--Maruyama approximation…

Computational Finance · Quantitative Finance 2016-01-07 Sergii Kuchuk-Iatsenko , Yuliya Mishura

We present a multigrid iterative algorithm for solving a system of coupled free boundary problems for pricing American put options with regime-switching. The algorithm is based on our recently developed compact finite difference scheme…

Computational Finance · Quantitative Finance 2021-11-09 Chinonso Nwankwo , Weizhong Dai

In American options, the early exercise feature allows the option to be exercised at any time prior to expiration. However, this flexibility introduces a challenge: the pricing model must value the option while simultaneously determining an…

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We develop algorithms for the numerical computation of the quadratic hedging strategy in incomplete markets modeled by pure jump Markov process. Using the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman approach, the value function of the quadratic hedging problem…

Risk Management · Quantitative Finance 2013-12-12 Carmine De Franco , Peter Tankov , Xavier Warin

We introduce a new method to calculate the credit exposure of European and path-dependent options. The proposed method is able to calculate accurate expected exposure and potential future exposure profiles under the risk-neutral and the…

Computational Finance · Quantitative Finance 2019-12-04 Kathrin Glau , Ricardo Pachon , Christian Pötz

In this paper, we study the benefits of using polyharmonic splines and node layouts with smoothly varying density for developing robust and efficient radial basis function generated finite difference (RBF-FD) methods for pricing of…

Computational Finance · Quantitative Finance 2018-08-20 Slobodan Milovanović

This paper investigates analytic properties of American option prices under the finite moment log-stable (FMLS) model. Under this model the price of American options is characterised by the free boundary problem of a fractional partial…

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