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Quasi-Monte Carlo (QMC) method is a useful numerical tool for pricing and hedging of complex financial derivatives. These problems are usually of high dimensionality and discontinuities. The two factors may significantly deteriorate the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-02-27 Zhijian He , Xiaoqun Wang

We introduce a new method to price American options based on Chebyshev interpolation. In each step of a dynamic programming time-stepping we approximate the value function with Chebyshev polynomials. The key advantage of this approach is…

Computational Finance · Quantitative Finance 2018-06-15 Kathrin Glau , Mirco Mahlstedt , Christian Pötz

When the Orthogonal Chebyshev Sliding Technique was introduced it was applied to a portfolio of swaps and swaptions within the context of the FRTB-IMA capital calculation. The computational cost associated to the computation of the ES…

Risk Management · Quantitative Finance 2025-03-27 Mariano Zeron , Meng Wu , Ignacio Ruiz

Using Malliavin calculus techniques, we obtain formulas for computing Greeks under different rough Volterra stochastic volatility models. Due to the fact that underlying prices are not always square integrable, we extend the classical…

Mathematical Finance · Quantitative Finance 2025-07-08 Mishari Al-Foraih , Òscar Burés , Jan Pospíšil , Josep Vives

In this article, we give a brief informal introduction to Malliavin Calculus for newcomers. We apply these ideas to the simulation of Greeks in Finance. First to European-type options where formulas can be computed explicitly and therefore…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2008-12-10 Arturo Kohatsu-Higa , Miquel Montero

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

In this paper we introduce a new technique based on high-dimensional Chebyshev Tensors that we call \emph{Orthogonal Chebyshev Sliding Technique}. We implemented this technique inside the systems of a tier-one bank, and used it to…

Risk Management · Quantitative Finance 2020-12-11 Mariano Zeron-Medina Laris , Ignacio Ruiz

In financial mathematics, it is a typical approach to approximate financial markets operating in discrete time by continuous-time models such as the Black Scholes model. Fitting this model gives rise to difficulties due to the discrete…

Mathematical Finance · Quantitative Finance 2024-01-11 Kathrin Hellmuth , Christian Klingenberg

This work investigates finite differences and the use of interpolation models to obtain approximations to the first and second derivatives of a function. Here, it is shown that if a particular set of points is used in the interpolation…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-01-24 Ian D. Coope , Rachael Tappenden

We propose a pricing technique based on coherent risk measures, which enables one to get finer price intervals than in the No Good Deals pricing. The main idea consists in splitting a liability into several parts and selling these parts to…

Probability · Mathematics 2008-12-02 Alexander S. Cherny , Dilip B. Madan

Chebyshev interpolation is a highly effective, intensively studied method and enjoys excellent numerical properties. The interpolation nodes are known beforehand, implementation is straightforward and the method is numerically stable. For…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-11-29 Kathrin Glau , Mirco Mahlstedt

We develop a model for indifference pricing in derivatives markets where price quotes have bid-ask spreads and finite quantities. The model quantifies the dependence of the prices and hedging portfolios on an investor's beliefs, risk…

Pricing of Securities · Quantitative Finance 2018-03-08 John Armstrong , Teemu Pennanen , Udomsak Rakwongwan

We compute Greeks for stochastic volatility models driven by Brownian informations. We use the Malliavin method introduced for deterministic volatility models.

Probability · Mathematics 2009-04-22 Youssef El-Khatib

Context: Calculating stellar pulsations requires a sufficient accuracy to match the quality of the observations. Many current pulsation codes apply a second order finite-difference scheme, combined with Richardson extrapolation to reach…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 D. R. Reese

We provide cubature formulas for the calculation of derivatives of expected values in the spririt of Terry Lyons and Nicolas Victoir. In financial mathematics derivatives of option prices with respect to initial values, so called Greeks,…

Probability · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Josef Teichmann

We investigate a machine learning approach to option Greeks approximation based on Gaussian process (GP) surrogates. The method takes in noisily observed option prices, fits a nonparametric input-output map and then analytically…

Computational Finance · Quantitative Finance 2022-01-17 Mike Ludkovski , Yuri Saporito

Chebychev approximations are given for the Gamma and the Polygamma functions in only one contiguous intervall [1..inf] with a definable maximal relative error. The approximations need about three coefficients per decimal until a checked…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2016-05-11 Karl Dieter Reinartz

This paper explores the effectiveness of high-frequency options trading strategies enhanced by advanced portfolio optimization techniques, investigating their ability to consistently generate positive returns compared to traditional long or…

Trading and Market Microstructure · Quantitative Finance 2024-08-19 Sid Bhatia

We investigate the use of Malliavin calculus in order to calculate the Greeks of multidimensional complex path-dependent options by simulation. For this purpose, we extend the formulas employed by Montero and Kohatsu-Higa to the…

Computational Finance · Quantitative Finance 2015-06-29 Nicola Cufaro Petroni , Piergiacomo Sabino

A general formula is presented for any order derivative of Chebyshev polynomials instead of the existing recursive relationship. Hence, the Chebyshev finite difference method is made applicable not only to second order problems but also to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-09-15 Soner Aydinlik , Ahmet Kiris