Paper #1188

Título:

A decomposition formula for option prices in the Heston model and applications to option pricing approximation

Autor:

Elisa Alòs

Data:

Diciembre 2009

Resumen:

By means of classical Itô's calculus we decompose option prices as the sum of the classical Black-Scholes formula with volatility parameter equal to the root-mean-square future average volatility plus a term due by correlation and a term due to the volatility of the volatility. This decomposition allows us to develop first and second-order approximation formulas for option prices and implied volatilities in the Heston volatility framework, as well as to study their accuracy. Numerical examples are given.

Palabras clave:

Stochastic Volatility, Heston Model, Itô's Calculus.

Códigos JEL:

G13

Área de investigación:

Estadística, Econometría y Métodos Cuantitativos

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