Essays about: "option pricing"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 224 essays containing the words option pricing.
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16. Neural Networks for Option Pricing
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Sannolikhetsteori och kombinatorikAbstract : The task of pricing options is one with many different solutions, and overtime more complicated models of the markets have been developed in anattempt to replicate assets more accurately. In this thesis we investigate theuse of neural networks for pricing within these models. READ MORE
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17. Pricing and Hedging of Financial Instruments using Forward–Backward Stochastic Differential Equations : Call Spread Options with Different Interest Rates for Borrowing and Lending
University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikationAbstract : In this project, we are aiming to solve option pricing and hedging problems numerically via Backward Stochastic Differential Equations (BSDEs). We use Markovian BSDEs to formulate nonlinear pricing and hedging problems of both European and American option types. READ MORE
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18. Swaptions from a Clearinghouse perspective : Hedging swaptions, an option on interest rate swaps, using compression
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för fysikAbstract : With the increasing popularity of interest rate swaps the need to understandswaptions, an option of an interest rate swap, is of great importance. A swap-tion can be used in both speculative purposes and to hedge against changesin interest rates. The most important thing to understand is the pricing for-mula. READ MORE
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19. Bermudan Option Pricing using Almost-Exact Scheme under Heston-type Models
University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikationAbstract : Black and Scholes have proposed a model for pricing European options where the underlying asset follows a so-called geometric Brownian motion which assumes constant volatility. The proposed Black-Scholes model has an exact solution. READ MORE
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20. How Do Traditional Models for Option Valuation Perform When Applied to Cryptocurrency Options?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : The market for cryptocurrencies has been known to be volatile with an asymmetrical return distribution where occasional extreme returns appear. In later years options have been introduced on the asset; but due to the characteristics of cryptocurrency returns, researchers have found it troublesome to value these options. READ MORE