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Pricing and Hedging Asian Basket Options with Quasi-Monte Carlo Simulations

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  • Nicola Cufaro Petroni

    (Università di Bari, INFN Sezione di Bari)

  • Piergiacomo Sabino

    (Università di Bari
    E.ON Energy Trading SE)

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In this article we consider the problem of pricing and hedging high-dimensional Asian basket options by Quasi-Monte Carlo simulations. We assume a Black–Scholes market with time-dependent volatilities, and we compute the deltas by means of the Malliavin Calculus as an extension of the procedures employed by Kohatsu-Higa and Montero (Physica A 320:548–570, 2003). Efficient path-generation algorithms, such as Linear Transformation and Principal Component Analysis, exhibit a high computational cost in a market with time-dependent volatilities. To face this challenge we then introduce a new and faster Cholesky algorithm for block matrices that makes the Linear Transformation more convenient. We also propose a new-path generation technique based on a Kronecker Product Approximation. Our procedure shows the same accuracy as the Linear Transformation used for the computation of deltas and prices in the case of correlated asset returns, while requiring a shorter computational time. All these techniques can be easily employed for stochastic volatility models based on the mixture of multi-dimensional dynamics introduced by Brigo et al. (2004a, Risk 17(5):97–101, b).

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  • Nicola Cufaro Petroni & Piergiacomo Sabino, 2013. "Pricing and Hedging Asian Basket Options with Quasi-Monte Carlo Simulations," Methodology and Computing in Applied Probability, Springer, vol. 15(1), pages 147-163, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:metcap:v:15:y:2013:i:1:d:10.1007_s11009-011-9228-9
    DOI: 10.1007/s11009-011-9228-9
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