In this article we consider the problem of giving a robust, model-independent, lower bound on the price of a forward starting straddle with payoff $|F_{T_1} - F_{T_0}|$ where $0T_0T_1$. Rather than assuming a model for the underlying forward price $(F_t)_{t \geq 0}$, we assume that call prices...

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A variance swap is a derivative with a path-dependent payoff which allows investors to take positions on the future variability of an asset. In the idealised setting of a continuously monitored variance swap written on an asset with continuous paths it is well known that the variance swap payoff...

We provide a complete characterization of the class of one-dimensional time-homogeneous diffusions consistent with a given law at an exponentially distributed time using classical results in diffusion theory. To illustrate we characterize the class of diffusions with the same distribution as...

In this paper we examine the dependence of option prices in a general jump-diffusion model on the choice of martingale pricing measure. Since the model is incomplete there are many equivalent martingale measures. Each of these measures corresponds to a choice for the market price of diffusion...

A passport option is a call option on the profits of a trading account. In this article, the robustness of passport option pricing is investigated by incorporating stochastic volatility. The key feature of a passport option is the holders' optimal strategy. It is known that in the case of...

Figlewski proposed testing the incremental contribution of the Black-Scholes model by comparing its performance against an “informationally passive” benchmark, which was defined to be an option pricing formula satisfying static no-arbitrage constraints. In this paper we extend Figlewski's...

We consider the exercise of a number of American options in an incomplete market. In this paper we are interested in the case where the options are infinitely divisible. We make the simplifying assumptions that the options have infinite maturity, and the holder has exponential utility. Our...