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This paper deals with the superhedging of derivatives on incomplete markets, i.e. with portfolio strategies which generate payoffs at least as high as that of a given contingent claim. The simplest solution to this problem is in many cases a static superhedge, i.e. a buy-and-hold strategy...
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This paper provides a theoretical and numerical analysis of robust hedging strategies in diffusion?type models … including stochastic volatility models. A robust hedging strategy avoids any losses as long as the realised volatility stays …
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When options are traded, one can use their prices and price changes to draw inference about the set of risk factors and … option hedging errors. We derive a closed-form solution for the option hedging error and its expecta- tion in a stochastic …, the expected hedging error cannot identify the exact structure of the compensation for jump risk. Furthermore, we derive …
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standard price hedge ratios for a wide class of contingent claims are model-free. Since options on traded assets are normally … has important implications for the hedging literature. However, standard price hedge ratios are not always the optimal … for scale-invariant models. Our theoretical results are supported by an empirical study that compares the hedging …
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additionalstandard options. …
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This paper deals with the superhedging of derivatives on incomplete markets, i.e.with portfolio strategies which generate payoffs at least as high as that of a givencontingent claim. The simplest solution to this problem is in many cases a staticsuperhedge, i.e. a buy-and-hold strategy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005867624
The vast majority of approaches to risk management, hedging, or portfolio planningassume that some model is given … much too complicated to solve in realisticmodel setups, we furthermore discuss robust hedging strategies determined …
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This paper examines whether and how the popularity of portfolio insurance strategies can be justified theoretically. The analysis employs three different return generating processes with and without stochastic volatility and jumps. We find that an investor with constant relative risk aversion...
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on the performance of standard and minimum-variance hedging of vanilla options on the FTSE 100 index. Simple adjustments …-vega hedging and they are robust to varying the option maturities and moneyness, and to different market regimes. On the …
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consistently and significantly improve on implied BSM delta hedging, for options of all moneyness and maturities and whether … rebalancing is daily, weekly or fortnightly. For most options and over all hedging horizons the regime-dependent smile …Most research on option hedging has compared the performance of delta hedges derived from different stochastic …
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