Advancing the Universality of Quadrature Methods to Any Underlying Process for Option Pricing

Ding Chen, Hannu J Härkönen, David P Newton

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Abstract

Exceptional accuracy and speed for option pricing are available via quadrature (Andricopoulos, Widdicks, Duck, and Newton, 2003), extending into multiple dimensions with complex path-dependency and early exercise (Andricopoulos, Widdicks, Newton, and Duck, 2007). However, the exposition is incomplete, leaving many modelling processes outside the Black-Scholes-Merton framework unattainable. We show how to remove the remaining major block to universal application. Although this had appeared highly problematic, the solution turns out to be conceptually simple and implementation is straightforward (we provide code on the Journal of Financial Economics website at http://jfe.rochester.edu). Crucially, the method retains its speed and flexibility across complex combinations of option features but is now applicable across other underlying processes.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)600-612
Number of pages13
JournalJournal of Financial Economics
Volume114
Issue number3
Early online date2 Aug 2014
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2014

Keywords

  • Universal quadrature
  • QUAD
  • Option pricing
  • Numerical techniques
  • Transition density function

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