Recent empirical studies in Equity markets show evidence that, while asset log-returns are largely uncorrelated, it is possible to predict with some accuracy their future sign. Such prediction is made over a given forecast horizon based solely on the observed sign of the cumulative log-return...

In this paper, we propose an approximation method based on the Wiener-Ito chaos expansion for the pricing of European contingent claims. Our method is applicable to widely used option pricing models such as local volatility models, stochastic volatility models, and their combinations. This...

In this paper, we propose an approximation method based on the Wiener-Ito chaos expansion for the pricing of European-style contingent claims. Our method is applicable to the general class of continuous Markov processes. The resulting approximation formula requires at most three-dimensional...

Funahashi and Kijima (2013) have proposed an approximation method based on the Wiener-Ito chaos expansion for the pricing of European-style contingent claims. In this paper, we extend the method to the multi-asset case with general local volatility structure for the pricing of exotic basket...

This dissertation provides a contribution to the option pricing literature by means of some recent developments in probability theory, namely the Malliavin Calculus and the Wiener chaos theory. It sheds new light on some old and complicated problems by means of these new techniques. It...