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Some Pricing Tools For The Variance Gamma Model

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  • JEAN-PHILIPPE AGUILAR

    (Modeling Department, BRED Banque Populaire, 18 quai de la Râpée, Paris 75012, France)

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We establish several closed pricing formulas for various path-independent payoffs, under an exponential Lévy model driven by the Variance Gamma process. These formulas take the form of quickly convergent series and are obtained via tools from Mellin transform theory as well as from multidimensional complex analysis. Particular focus is made on the symmetric process, but extension to the asymmetric process is also provided. Speed of convergence and comparison with numerical methods (Fourier transform, quadrature approximations, Monte Carlo simulations) are also discussed; notable feature is the accelerated convergence of the series for short-term options, which constitutes an interesting improvement of numerical Fourier inversion techniques.

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  • Jean-Philippe Aguilar, 2020. "Some Pricing Tools For The Variance Gamma Model," International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance (IJTAF), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 23(04), pages 1-35, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijtafx:v:23:y:2020:i:04:n:s0219024920500259
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219024920500259
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    3. Christian Bayer & Chiheb Ben Hammouda & Antonis Papapantoleon & Michael Samet & Ra'ul Tempone, 2024. "Quasi-Monte Carlo for Efficient Fourier Pricing of Multi-Asset Options," Papers 2403.02832, arXiv.org.
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    5. Michael Samet & Christian Bayer & Chiheb Ben Hammouda & Antonis Papapantoleon & Ra'ul Tempone, 2022. "Optimal Damping with Hierarchical Adaptive Quadrature for Efficient Fourier Pricing of Multi-Asset Options in L\'evy Models," Papers 2203.08196, arXiv.org, revised Oct 2023.

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