Pricing early-exercise and discrete barrier options by Shannon wavelet expansions

We present a pricing method based on Shannon wavelet expansions for early-exercise and discretely-monitored barrier options under exponential Lévy asset dynamics. Shannon wavelets are smooth, and thus approximate the densities that occur in finance well, resulting in exponential convergence. Applica...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Maree, Stef C., Ortiz Gracia, Luis, Oosterlee, C. W. (Cornelis W.)
Format: article
Status:Versión aceptada para publicación
Publication Date:2017
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Barcelona
Repository:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/115443
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/115443
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Anàlisi de Fourier
Transformacions (Matemàtica)
Anàlisi financera
Fourier analysis
Transformations (Mathematics)
Investment analysis
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Summary:We present a pricing method based on Shannon wavelet expansions for early-exercise and discretely-monitored barrier options under exponential Lévy asset dynamics. Shannon wavelets are smooth, and thus approximate the densities that occur in finance well, resulting in exponential convergence. Application of the Fast Fourier Transform yields an efficient implementation and since wavelets give local approximations, the domain boundary errors can be naturally resolved, which is the main improvement over existing methods.