A front-fixing ETD numerical method for solving jump-diffusion American option pricing problems

[EN] American options prices under jump-diffusion models are determined by a free boundary partial integro-differential equation (PIDE) problem. In this paper, we propose a front-fixing exponential time differencing (FF-ETD) method composed of several steps. First, the free boundary is included into...

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Authors: Company Rossi, Rafael|||0000-0001-5217-1889; Jódar Sánchez, Lucas Antonio|||0000-0002-9672-6249; Egorova, Vera N.
Format: Article
Publication date:2021
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repository:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/179436
Online Access:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/179436
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:American option pricing
Front-fixing method
Exponential time differencing
Finite difference methods
Experimental numerical analysis
Gauss quadrature
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Summary:[EN] American options prices under jump-diffusion models are determined by a free boundary partial integro-differential equation (PIDE) problem. In this paper, we propose a front-fixing exponential time differencing (FF-ETD) method composed of several steps. First, the free boundary is included into equation by applying the front-fixing transformation. Second, the resulting nonlinear PIDE is semi-discretized, that leads to a system of ordinary differential equations (ODEs). Third, a numerical solution of the system is constructed by using exponential time differencing (ETD) method and matrix quadrature rules. Finally, numerical analysis is provided to establish empirical stability conditions on step sizes. Numerical results show the efficiency and competitiveness of the FF-ETD method. (C) 2020 International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (IMACS). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.