Barrier option pricing with heavy tailed distribution

Jeonggyu Huh, Geonwoo Kim

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Abstract

Under the Generalized Extreme Value (GEV) model, Markose and Alerton (2011) derived the analytic form solutions for vanilla options, and also removed the distortion of the market only with an additional parameter. In this paper, we use the technique in Rubinstein and Reiner (1991) to get the analytic form solutions for barrier options by introducing the Corrected BS (CBS) model – the BS model close to the GEV model. By introducing CBS volatility we show that barrier option prices are continuous with respect to barriers under the GEV model. In addition, we present that the proposed model outdoes the BS model.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)41-58
Number of pages18
JournalEconomic Computation and Economic Cybernetics Studies and Research
Volume53
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019

Keywords

  • Barrier option pricing
  • Generalized extreme value (GEV) distribution
  • Global credit crisis
  • Heavy tailed distribution

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