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Finite difference approach to steady state problems arising from mortgage and option pricing

  • Dejun Xie
  • , Jin Zheng
  • , Nan Zhang
  • , Kun Chen
  • , Huaiqing Wang
    • Southern University of Science and Technology
    • University of Liverpool

    Research output: Chapter in Book or Report/Conference proceedingConference Proceedingpeer-review

    Abstract

    Motivated by mortgage valuation, the paper proposes a finite difference approach to solve a class of free boundary problems which may be useful for option pricing in general. Given certain financially meaningful conditions, a mortgage borrower wishes to find the level of market interest rate at which it is optimal to make prepayment. The problem is an analog of finding the optimal level of stock price for early exercise in American put. Mathematically they both can be formulated as free boundary problems. In this paper an algorithm based on the finite difference scheme is designed to find the numerical solution to the steady state of such problems. The approach is calibrated with the perpetual American put option whose solution is explicitly known. The efficiency of the algorithm is tested by numerical simulations.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationMultimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering
    EditorsShu-Ching Chen, James J. Park, Neil Y. Yen, Joon-Min Gil
    PublisherSpringer Verlag
    Pages429-435
    Number of pages7
    ISBN (Electronic)9783642548994
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2014
    EventFTRA 8th International Conference on Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering, MUE 2014 - Zhangjiajie, China
    Duration: 28 May 201431 May 2014

    Publication series

    NameLecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
    Volume308
    ISSN (Print)1876-1100
    ISSN (Electronic)1876-1119

    Conference

    ConferenceFTRA 8th International Conference on Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering, MUE 2014
    Country/TerritoryChina
    CityZhangjiajie
    Period28/05/1431/05/14

    Keywords

    • Finite Difference
    • Mortgage Valuation
    • Numerical Methods
    • Option Pricing

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