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Error analysis in Fourier methods for option pricing

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  • Fabi'an Crocce
  • Juho Happola
  • Jonas Kiessling
  • Ra'ul Tempone

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We provide a bound for the error committed when using a Fourier method to price European options when the underlying follows an exponential \levy dynamic. The price of the option is described by a partial integro-differential equation (PIDE). Applying a Fourier transformation to the PIDE yields an ordinary differential equation that can be solved analytically in terms of the characteristic exponent of the \levy process. Then, a numerical inverse Fourier transform allows us to obtain the option price. We present a novel bound for the error and use this bound to set the parameters for the numerical method. We analyse the properties of the bound for a dissipative and pure-jump example. The bound presented is independent of the asymptotic behaviour of option prices at extreme asset prices. The error bound can be decomposed into a product of terms resulting from the dynamics and the option payoff, respectively. The analysis is supplemented by numerical examples that demonstrate results comparable to and superior to the existing literature.

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  • Fabi'an Crocce & Juho Happola & Jonas Kiessling & Ra'ul Tempone, 2015. "Error analysis in Fourier methods for option pricing," Papers 1503.00019, arXiv.org, revised Nov 2015.
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