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SIMULATION OF MULTI-ASSET OPTION GREEKS UNDER A SPECIAL LÉVY MODEL BY MALLIAVIN CALCULUS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2016

YONGZENG LAI
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3C5, Canada email [email protected]
HAIXIANG YAO*
Affiliation:
School of Finance, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou 510006, China email [email protected]
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Abstract

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We discuss simulation of sensitivities or Greeks of multi-asset European style options under a special Lévy process model: that is, the subordinated Brownian motion model. The Malliavin calculus method combined with Monte Carlo and quasi-Monte Carlo methods is used in the simulations. Greeks are expressed in terms of the expectations of the option payoff functions multiplied by the weights involving Malliavin derivatives for multi-asset options. Numerical results show that the Malliavin calculus method is usually more efficient than the finite difference method for options with nonsmooth payoffs. The superiority of the former method over the latter is even more significant when both are combined with quasi-Monte Carlo methods.

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Research Article
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© 2016 Australian Mathematical Society 

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