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Variance Gamma Model in Hedging Vanilla and Exotic Options

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  • Bartłomiej Bollin

    (Quantitative Finance Research Group; Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw)

  • Robert Ślepaczuk

    (Quantitative Finance Research Group; Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw)

Abstract

The aim of this research is to explore the performance of different option pricing models in hedging the exotic options using the FX data. We analyze the narrow class of Lévy processes - the Variance Gamma process in hedging vanilla, Asian and lookback options. We pose a question of whether or not using additional level of complexity, by introducing more sophisticated models, improves the effectiveness of hedging options, assuming that hedging errors are measured as the differences between portfolio values according to the model and not real market data (which we don’t have). We compare this model with its special case and the Black-Scholes model. We use the data for EURUSD currency pair assuming that option prices change according to the model (as we don’t observe them directly). We use Monte Carlo methods in fitting the model’s parameters. Our results are not in line with the previous literature as there are no signs of the Variance Gamma process being better than the Black-Scholes and it seems that all three models perform equally well.

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  • Bartłomiej Bollin & Robert Ślepaczuk, 2020. "Variance Gamma Model in Hedging Vanilla and Exotic Options," Working Papers 2020-31, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw.
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    Keywords

    Monte Carlo; option pricing; Variance Gamma; BSM model; Lévy processes; FX market; hedging; Asian and lookback options;
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    JEL classification:

    • C02 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - General - - - Mathematical Economics
    • C4 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics
    • C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
    • C15 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Statistical Simulation Methods: General
    • C22 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes
    • C45 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Neural Networks and Related Topics
    • C53 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Forecasting and Prediction Models; Simulation Methods
    • C58 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Financial Econometrics
    • C63 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Computational Techniques
    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
    • G13 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Contingent Pricing; Futures Pricing

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