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The Study Of Pricing Option With The Method Of Actuarial Approach

Posted on:2007-10-04Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:W H ZhuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2189360215470190Subject:Probability theory and mathematical statistics
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The valuation of American options is a difficult problem. The basic reason is that the asset price at which early exercise is optimal isn't known in advance and has to be found as part of the solution of the problem. In mathematical terms, a partial differential equation known as Black-Scholes equation has to be solved with a moving boundary condition. This is known in general as a moving boundary problem. Analytic solutions of this kind of problems can be found only in very special cases. However, because of the practical importance of American options, their efficient and accurate pricing is vital for option market participants.This paper simply summarizes a method about valuation of American options-martingale method and the result turns out that it is rather effective in valuation of some American options. In addition, Using an actuarial approach,We deal with a new method to option pricing,and obtain pricing of European call and put option . On the basis of the research of the former, the author obtains some applactions with option in our socity.
Keywords/Search Tags:American option, Actuarial approach, Optimal exercise moment, Martingale method, Optimal stopping
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