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Optimal Static–Dynamic Hedges For Barrier Options

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  • Aytaç İlhan
  • Ronnie Sircar

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We study optimal hedging of barrier options, using a combination of a static position in vanilla options and dynamic trading of the underlying asset. The problem reduces to computing the Fenchel–Legendre transform of the utility‐indifference price as a function of the number of vanilla options used to hedge. Using the well‐known duality between exponential utility and relative entropy, we provide a new characterization of the indifference price in terms of the minimal entropy measure, and give conditions guaranteeing differentiability and strict convexity in the hedging quantity, and hence a unique solution to the hedging problem. We discuss computational approaches within the context of Markovian stochastic volatility models.

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  • Aytaç İlhan & Ronnie Sircar, 2006. "Optimal Static–Dynamic Hedges For Barrier Options," Mathematical Finance, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 16(2), pages 359-385, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:mathfi:v:16:y:2006:i:2:p:359-385
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9965.2006.00275.x
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    1. Pietro Siorpaes, 2015. "Optimal investment and price dependence in a semi-static market," Finance and Stochastics, Springer, vol. 19(1), pages 161-187, January.
    2. Ilhan, Aytaç & Jonsson, Mattias & Sircar, Ronnie, 2009. "Optimal static-dynamic hedges for exotic options under convex risk measures," Stochastic Processes and their Applications, Elsevier, vol. 119(10), pages 3608-3632, October.
    3. Johannes Gerer & Gregor Dorfleitner, 2016. "A Note On Utility Indifference Pricing," International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance (IJTAF), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 19(06), pages 1-17, September.
    4. Teemu Pennanen & Udomsak Rakwongwan, 2020. "Optimal semi-static hedging in illiquid markets," Papers 2008.01463, arXiv.org.
    5. Erhan Bayraktar & Gu Wang, 2018. "Quantile Hedging in a semi-static market with model uncertainty," Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, Springer;Gesellschaft für Operations Research (GOR);Nederlands Genootschap voor Besliskunde (NGB), vol. 87(2), pages 197-227, April.
    6. Lee, Hangsuck & Choi, Yang Ho & Lee, Gaeun, 2022. "Multi-step barrier products and static hedging," The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 61(C).
    7. Thorsten Rheinländer & Jenny Sexton, 2011. "Hedging Derivatives," World Scientific Books, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., number 8062, August.
    8. Kallsen Jan & Rheinländer Thorsten, 2011. "Asymptotic utility-based pricing and hedging for exponential utility," Statistics & Risk Modeling, De Gruyter, vol. 28(1), pages 17-36, March.

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