No-arbitrage bounds for the forward smile given marginals
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Accepted version
Author(s)
Badikov, SB
Jacquier, A
Liu, DQ
Roome, PR
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We explore the robust replication of forward-start straddles given quoted (Call and Put options) market data. One approach to this problem classically follows semi-infinite linear programming arguments, and we propose a discretisation scheme to reduce its dimensionality and hence its complexity. Alternatively, one can consider the dual problem, consisting in finding optimal martingale measures under which the upper and the lower bounds are attained. Semi-analytical solutions to this dual problem were proposed by Hobson and Klimmek and by Hobson and Neuberger. We recast this dual approach as a finite dimensional linear programme, and reconcile numerically, in the Black-Scholes and in the Heston model, the two approaches.
Date Issued
2017-02-01
Date Acceptance
2016-11-25
Citation
Quantitative Finance, 2017, 17 (8), pp.1243-1256
ISSN
1469-7696
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Start Page
1243
End Page
1256
Journal / Book Title
Quantitative Finance
Volume
17
Issue
8
Copyright Statement
© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Quantitative Finance on Feb 2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14697688.2016.1267392
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Grant Number
EP/M008436/1
Subjects
Martingale optimal transport
Robust bounds
Forward-start
Heston
Publication Status
Published