This paper graphically demonstrates the significant impact of the observed financial market persistence, i.e., long term memory or dependence, on European option valuation. Many empirical researchers have observed non-Fickian degrees of persistence or long memory in the financial markets different from the Fickian neutral independence (i.i.d.) of the returns innovations assumption of Black-Scholes' geometric Brownian motion assumption. Moreover, Elliott and van der Hoek (2003) have now also provided a theoretical framework for incorporating these findings in the Black-Scholes risk-neutral valuation framework. This paper provides the first graphical demonstration why and how such long term memory phenomena change European option values and provides thereby a basis for informed long term memory arbitrage. Risk-neutral valuation is equivalent to valuation by real world probabilities. By using a mono-fractional Brownian motion, it is easy to incorporate the various degrees of persistence into the binomial and Black-Scholes pricing formulas. Long memory options are of considerable importance in Corporate remuneration packages, since warrants are written on a company's own shares for long expiration periods. Therefore, we recommend that for a proper valuation of such warrants, the degrees of persistence of the companies' share markets are measured and properly incorporated in the warrant valuation.
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Length: Date of creation: 18 Sep 2004 Date of revision: Handle: RePEc:wpa:wuwpfi:0409049
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