TY - JOUR
T1 - Estimating multiple option Greeks simultaneously using random parameter regression
AU - Fu, Haifeng
AU - Jin, Xing
AU - Pan, Guangming
AU - Yang, Yanrong
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2012/12
Y1 - 2012/12
N2 - The derivatives of option prices with respect to underlying parameters are commonly referred to as Greeks, and they measure the sensitivities of option prices to these parameters. When the closed-form solutions for option prices do not exist and the discounted payoff functions of the options are not sufficiently smooth, estimating Greeks is computationally challenging and could be a burdensome task for high-dimensional problems in particular. The aim of this paper is to develop a new method for estimating option Greeks by using random parameters and least squares regression. Our approach has several attractive features. First, just like the finite-difference method, it is easy to implement and does not require explicit knowledge of the probability density function and the pathwise derivative of the underlying stochastic model. Second, it can be applied to options with discontinuous discounted payoffs as well as options with continuous discounted payoffs.
AB - The derivatives of option prices with respect to underlying parameters are commonly referred to as Greeks, and they measure the sensitivities of option prices to these parameters. When the closed-form solutions for option prices do not exist and the discounted payoff functions of the options are not sufficiently smooth, estimating Greeks is computationally challenging and could be a burdensome task for high-dimensional problems in particular. The aim of this paper is to develop a new method for estimating option Greeks by using random parameters and least squares regression. Our approach has several attractive features. First, just like the finite-difference method, it is easy to implement and does not require explicit knowledge of the probability density function and the pathwise derivative of the underlying stochastic model. Second, it can be applied to options with discontinuous discounted payoffs as well as options with continuous discounted payoffs.
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U2 - 10.21314/JCF.2012.241
DO - 10.21314/JCF.2012.241
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84973640183
SN - 1460-1559
VL - 16
SP - 85
EP - 118
JO - Journal of Computational Finance
JF - Journal of Computational Finance
IS - 2
ER -