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Law of an integrated CIR Process as sum of Independent Random Variables
It is known (see for example Joshi-Chan "Fast and Accureate Long Stepping Simulation of the Heston SV Model" available at SSRN) that for a CIR process defined as :
$$dY_t= \kappa(\theta -Y_t)dt+ ...
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Probability distribution of maximum value of binary option?
A binary option with payout \$0/\$100 is trading at \$30 with 12 hours to
expiration.
Assuming the underlying follows a geometric Brownian motion (hence volatility remains constant), what ...
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Transformation of Volatility - BS
I have recently seen a paper about the Boeing approach that replaces the "normal" Stdev in the BS formula with the Stdev
\begin{equation}
\sigma'=\sqrt{\frac{ln(1+\frac{\sigma}{\mu})^{2}}{t}}
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Measure change in a bond option problem
This is not a homework or assignment exercise.
I'm trying to evaluate $\displaystyle \ \ I := E_\beta \big[\frac{1}{\beta(T_0)} K \mathbf{1}_{\{B(T_0,T_1) > K\}}\big]$, where $\beta$ is the ...
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Stochastic discount factor (aka deflator or pricing kernel) and class D processes
When (under what assumptions on the model) does a Stochastic Discount Factor need to be of Class D? What would be the implications if it was not? Is it connected to one of the no-arbitrage notions?
