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Pricing options on illiquid assets with liquid proxies using utility indifference and dynamic-static hedging

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  • Igor Halperin
  • Andrey Itkin

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This work addresses the problem of optimal pricing and hedging of a European option on an illiquid asset Z using two proxies: a liquid asset S and a liquid European option on another liquid asset Y. We assume that the S-hedge is dynamic while the Y-hedge is static. Using the indifference pricing approach, we derive a Hamilton--Jacobi--Bellman equation for the value function. We solve this equation analytically (in quadrature) using an asymptotic expansion around the limit of perfect correlation between assets Y and Z. While in this paper we apply our framework to an incomplete market version of Merton's credit-equity model, the same approach can be used for other asset classes (equity, commodity, FX, etc.), e.g. for pricing and hedging options with illiquid strikes or illiquid exotic options.

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  • Igor Halperin & Andrey Itkin, 2014. "Pricing options on illiquid assets with liquid proxies using utility indifference and dynamic-static hedging," Quantitative Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 14(3), pages 427-442, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:quantf:v:14:y:2014:i:3:p:427-442
    DOI: 10.1080/14697688.2013.816766
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    1. Jarno Talponen, 2018. "Matching distributions: Recovery of implied physical densities from option prices," Papers 1803.03996, arXiv.org.
    2. Chuang, Ming-Che & Tsai, Jeffrey Tzuhao, 2024. "Determining bid-ask prices for options with stochastic illiquidity and applications to index options," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
    3. Igor Halperin & Andrey Itkin, 2013. "Pricing Illiquid Options With N + 1 Liquid Proxies Using Mixed Dynamic-Static Hedging," International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance (IJTAF), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 16(07), pages 1-17.

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