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Pricing of Index Options Under a Minimal Market Model with Lognormal Scaling

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This paper describes a two-factor model for a diversified market index using the growth optimal portfolio with a stochastic and possibly correlated intrinsic time scale. The index is modeled using a time transformed squared Bessel process of dimension four with a lognormal scaling factor for the time transformation. A consistent pricing and hedging framework is established by using the benchmark approach. here the numeraire is taken to be the growth optimal portfolio. Benchmarked traded prices appear as conditional expectations of future benchmarked prices under the real world probability measure. The proposed minimal market model with lognormal scaling produces the type of implied volatility term structures for European call nd put options typically observed in real markets. In addition, the prices of binary options and their deviations from corresponding Black-Scholes prices are examined.

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  • David Heath & Eckhard Platen, 2003. "Pricing of Index Options Under a Minimal Market Model with Lognormal Scaling," Research Paper Series 101, Quantitative Finance Research Centre, University of Technology, Sydney.
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    Keywords

    index derivatives; minimal market model; lognormal scaling; growth optimal portfolio; fair pricing; binary options;
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    JEL classification:

    • G10 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)
    • G13 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Contingent Pricing; Futures Pricing

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