CIRJE-F-682 "Pricing Barrier and Average Options under Stochastic Volatility Environment"
Author Name Shiraya, Kenichiro, Akihiko Takahashi and Masashi Toda
Date October 2009
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Remarks @Revised in March 2010; revised as CIRJE-F-745 (2010).
Abstract

This paper proposes a new approximation method of pricing barrier and average options under stochastic volatility environment by applying an asymptotic expansion approach. In particular, a high-order expansion scheme for general multi-dimensional diffusion processes is effectively applied. Moreover, the paper combines a static hedging method with the asymptotic expansion method for pricing barrier options. Finally, numerical examples show that the fourth or fifth-order asymptotic expansion scheme provides sufficiently accurate approximations under the λ-SABR and SABR models.-SABR and SABR models.