This paper implements an algorithm that can be used to solve systems of Black-Scholes equations for implied volatility and implied risk-free rate of return. After using a seemingly unrelated regressions (SUR) model to obtain point estimates for implied volatility and implied risk-free rate, the...

Options depending on the forward skew are very popular. One such option is the forward starting call option - the basic building block of a cliquet option. Widely applied models to account for the forward skew dynamics to price such options include the Heston model, the Heston-Hull-White model...

This paper proposes an approach for solving a multi-factor real options problem by approximating the underlying stochastic process with an implied binomial tree. The implied binomial tree is constructed to be consistent with simulated market information. By simulating European option prices as...

By exploiting the flexibility of the Wishart process, we propose an application of this framework to the pricing of Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) volatility index (VIX) options. Our methodology is analytically tractable and yet flexible enough to efficiently price CBOE VIX options. In...

The aims of this paper are twofold. Firstly, we present an approximating formula for pricing basket and multi-asset spread options, which genuinely extends Caldana and Fusai (2013) two-asset spread options formula. Secondly, under the lognormal setting, we show that our formula becomes a Black...

This paper proposes a unified approximation method for various options whose payoffs depend on the volume weighted average price (VWAP). Despite their popularity in practice, quite few pricing models have been developed in the literature. Also, in previous works, the underlying asset process has...

We develop an ex-ante measure of expected stock returns based on analyst price targets. We then show that ex-ante measures of volatility, skewness, and kurtosis implied from stock option prices are positively related to the cross section of ex-ante expected stock returns. While expected returns...

A simple option pricing model is suggested based on correlation of underlying stock with actual market behavior as reflected by market index, thereby market factor coefficient to enable the traders to quote the prices. The simplicity and ease of the proposed model may appeal to the traders,...

Credit Support Annexes (CSAs) that allow multiple currencies as collateral give rise to a collateral choice option in discounting. Numerical efficiency for valuing this optionality is key and first-order approximations have been proposed previously. In this paper, for the case of two currencies,...

Equity index risk premia vary more than can be explained by market risks and pricing models. I show that index option intermediaries cause variation in risk premia to manage their option positions. When expected volatility is low, intermediaries hold risky short positions. Increasing risk and...