Transforming Arithmetic Asian Option PDE to the Parabolic Equation with Constant Coefficients
Author(s) -
Zieneb Ali Elshegmani,
Rokiah Rozita Ahmad,
Saiful Hafiza Jaaman,
Roza Hazli Zakaria
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of mathematics and mathematical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1687-0425
pISSN - 0161-1712
DOI - 10.1155/2011/401547
Subject(s) - mathematics , constant (computer programming) , asian option , partial differential equation , constant coefficients , parabolic partial differential equation , arithmetic , heat equation , mathematical analysis , valuation of options , econometrics , computer science , programming language
Arithmetic Asian options are difficult to price and hedge, since at present, there is no closed-form analytical solution to price them. Transforming the PDE of the arithmetic the Asian option to a heat equation with constant coefficients is found to be difficult or impossible. Also, the numerical solution of the arithmetic Asian option PDE is not very accurate since the Asian option has low volatility level. In this paper, we analyze the value of the arithmetic Asian option with a new approach using means of partial differential equations (PDEs), and we transform the PDE to a parabolic equation with constant coefficients. It has been shown previously that the PDE of the arithmetic Asian option cannot be transformed to a heat equation with constant coefficients. We, however, approach the problem and obtain the analytical solution of the arithmetic Asian option PDE
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