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Analytical Path-Integral Pricing Of Deterministic Moving-Barrier Options Under Non-Gaussian Distributions

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  • ANDRÉ CATALÃO

    (Instituto de Física Teórica, Universidade Estadual Paulista – UNESP, R. Dr. Bento Teobaldo Ferraz, 271, São Paulo, SP 01140-070, Brazil)

  • ROGÉRIO ROSENFELD

    (Instituto de Física Teórica, Universidade Estadual Paulista – UNESP, South American Institute for Fundamental Research, R. Dr. Bento Teobaldo Ferraz, 271, São Paulo, SP 01140-070, Brazil)

Abstract

In this work, we present an analytical model, based on the path-integral formalism of statistical mechanics, for pricing options using first-passage time problems involving both fixed and deterministically moving absorbing barriers under possibly non-Gaussian distributions of the underlying object. We adapt to our problem a model originally proposed by De Simone et al. (2011) to describe the formation of galaxies in the universe, which uses cumulant expansions in terms of the Gaussian distribution, and we generalize it to take into account drift and cumulants of orders higher than three. From the probability density function, we obtain an analytical pricing model, not only for vanilla options (thus removing the need of volatility smile inherent to the Black & Scholes (1973) model), but also for fixed or deterministically moving barrier options. Market prices of vanilla options are used to calibrate the model, and barrier option pricing arising from the model is compared to the price resulted from the relative entropy model.

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  • André Catalão & Rogério Rosenfeld, 2020. "Analytical Path-Integral Pricing Of Deterministic Moving-Barrier Options Under Non-Gaussian Distributions," International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance (IJTAF), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 23(01), pages 1-52, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijtafx:v:23:y:2020:i:01:n:s0219024920500053
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219024920500053
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