FAST MONTE CARLO GREEKS FOR FINANCIAL PRODUCTS WITH DISCONTINUOUS PAY‐OFFS. (13th February 2012)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chan, Jiun Hong; Joshi, Mark
• Is Part Of: Mathematical finance. Volume 23:Number 3(2013:Jul.)
• Page Start: 459
• Page End: 495
• Publication Date: 2012-02-13
• Subjects: Business mathematics -- Periodicals; 332
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9965.2011.00509.x
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0960-1627

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" xml:lang="en"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>We introduce a new class of numerical schemes for discretizing processes driven by Brownian motions. These allow the rapid computation of sensitivities of discontinuous integrals using pathwise methods even when the underlying densities postdiscretization are singular. The two new methods presented in this paper allow Greeks for financial products with trigger features to be computed in the LIBOR market model with similar speed to that obtained by using the adjoint method for continuous pay‐offs. The methods are generic with the main constraint being that the discontinuities at each step must be determined by a one‐dimensional function: the proxy constraint. They are also generic with the sole interaction between the integrand and the scheme being the specification of this constraint.</p> </abstract>