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Numerically pricing American options under the generalized mixed fractional Brownian motion model

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  • Chen, Wenting
  • Yan, Bowen
  • Lian, Guanghua
  • Zhang, Ying

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In this paper, we introduce a robust numerical method, based on the upwind scheme, for the pricing of American puts under the generalized mixed fractional Brownian motion (GMFBM) model. By using portfolio analysis and applying the Wick–Itô formula, a partial differential equation (PDE) governing the prices of vanilla options under the GMFBM is successfully derived for the first time. Based on this, we formulate the pricing of American puts under the current model as a linear complementarity problem (LCP). Unlike the classical Black–Scholes (B–S) model or the generalized B–S model discussed in Cen and Le (2011), the newly obtained LCP under the GMFBM model is difficult to be solved accurately because of the numerical instability which results from the degeneration of the governing PDE as time approaches zero. To overcome this difficulty, a numerical approach based on the upwind scheme is adopted. It is shown that the coefficient matrix of the current method is an M-matrix, which ensures its stability in the maximum-norm sense. Remarkably, we have managed to provide a sharp theoretic error estimate for the current method, which is further verified numerically. The results of various numerical experiments also suggest that this new approach is quite accurate, and can be easily extended to price other types of financial derivatives with an American-style exercise feature under the GMFBM model.

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  • Chen, Wenting & Yan, Bowen & Lian, Guanghua & Zhang, Ying, 2016. "Numerically pricing American options under the generalized mixed fractional Brownian motion model," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 451(C), pages 180-189.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:451:y:2016:i:c:p:180-189
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2015.12.154
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