Pricing Multi-asset Path-dependent Options Through Monte Carlo Simulations Pubblico

Abstract

Monte Carlo simulation (MC) is an approach that is widely used in high-dimensional numerical integration and one of its main nancial applications is option pricing. The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the price of an Asian option using standard Monte Carlo method and Quasi-Monte Carlo method (QMC) respectively. Since QMC's convergence rate is determined by nominal problem dimension, the convergence rate of QMC increases as the problem dimension increases, which limits the performance of QMC in high dimensions. Hence, in this thesis, we also consider several techniques which are proposed to capture the eective dimensions and improve the efficiency of QMC in high-dimensional situations. The techniques include principal component analysis (PCA) and Kronecker product approximation (KPA) and they are applied for both constant and time-dependent volatilities. Finally, we conduct numerical experiments and compare the precision and computational time between Quasi-Monte Carlo and Monte Carlo methods.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction 1

1.1 Background 1

1.2 Mathematical Model 3

2 Monte Carlo Methods 8

2.1 Standard Monte Carlo Methods 8

2.2 Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods 13

3 Eective Dimensions Selection 17

3.1 Principal Component Analysis 18

3.1.1 Mathematical Background of PCA 18

3.1.2 New Covariance Matrix after PCA 20

3.1.3 Improvement of PCA 21

3.2 Kronecker Product Approximation 22

3.2.1 One of Two Matrices is Fixed 23

3.2.2 Neither Matrices are Fixed 25

4 Numerical Experiments 28

4.1 Computational Time Comparison 30

4.2 Estimation of Option Price 32

5 Conclusions 34

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School	Emory College
Department	Mathematics
Degree	BS
Submission	Honors Thesis
Language	English
Research Field	Mathematics Economics, Finance
Parola chiave	Path-dependent options Effective dimensions Monte Carlo simulations
Committee Chair / Thesis Advisor	Nagy, James, Emory University
Committee Members	Zureick-Brown, David M, Emory University Chen, Kaiji, Emory University

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