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Kruse "On the pricing of Forward starting Options..."

February 2nd, 2007, 10:31 am

Hello,For reference, the paper can be found at : www.itwm.fraunhofer.de/zentral/download ... .pdfThough this paper is quite interesting, I don't really see the point in doing a double integration on both the volatility process (Chi-Squared) and the stock process. The argument is that we don't know it at the reset time, but we know the distribution. And I heard many people refering to this paper to price such an option.Isn't it much simpler to price it using the forward characteristic function, that we do know in closed-form ? This means pricing it exactly in the same way as a simple European Call option, but with a slightly different characteristic function ?Thanks,
 
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Kruse "On the pricing of Forward starting Options..."

February 2nd, 2007, 2:19 pm

You're right. 1D integral of cliquet was done in Sept 03 issue of Wilmott, so this paper doesn't make much sense.
 
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Kruse "On the pricing of Forward starting Options..."

February 4th, 2007, 5:01 am

Well yes, but the paper by Wilmott just dealt with constant or uncertain volatility, not stochastic vol.
 
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Kruse "On the pricing of Forward starting Options..."

February 4th, 2007, 5:51 pm

Sorry, what I meant was article "Forward-start options in stochastic volatility models" in Sept. 03 Wilmott mag.
 
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Kruse "On the pricing of Forward starting Options..."

February 6th, 2007, 7:14 am

Yes, Prospero was among the first to show how it should be done properly, though in a PDE context if I remember (correct me if I'm wrong).Others have been Hong and recently Mercurio and Moreni. The whole point of a double integral is beyond me.
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Kruse "On the pricing of Forward starting Options..."

February 6th, 2007, 11:35 am

I saw the one by Hong, and implicitely, that's the one I was referring to in my first post. I'll have a look at Mercurio and Moreni. Thanks for it.Thanks
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Kruse "On the pricing of Forward starting Options..."

February 15th, 2007, 5:05 am

Could you please let me know details regarding Prospero's paper: Journal
 
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Kruse "On the pricing of Forward starting Options..."

February 15th, 2007, 2:31 pm

It's in Wilmott magazine or in the 1st Best of Wilmott book. Are there any academics which have availability to Wilmott magazine I wonder? I can only judge the Dutch situation, where I definitely know we don't have access to it.
 
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Kruse "On the pricing of Forward starting Options..."

February 19th, 2007, 11:35 am

Never said my employer couldn't afford a subscription, but I was talking about academics Outrun Personally I think the whole concept of journals is getting outdated. Taking 2 years to get an article published is just not in anyone's interest, particularly when the story is already out there on the internet.