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An analytical perturbative solution to the Merton Garman model using symmetries

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  • Xavier Calmet
  • Nathaniel Wiesendanger Shaw

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In this paper, we introduce an analytical perturbative solution to the Merton Garman model. It is obtained by doing perturbation theory around the exact analytical solution of a model which possesses a two-dimensional Galilean symmetry. We compare our perturbative solution of the Merton Garman model to Monte Carlo simulations and find that our solutions performs surprisingly well for a wide range of parameters. We also show how to use symmetries to build option pricing models. Our results demonstrate that the concept of symmetry is important in mathematical finance.

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  • Xavier Calmet & Nathaniel Wiesendanger Shaw, 2019. "An analytical perturbative solution to the Merton Garman model using symmetries," Papers 1909.01413, arXiv.org, revised Jan 2021.
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