Numerical solution of linear and nonlinear Black-Scholes option pricing equations

  • Authors:
  • Rafael Company;Enrique Navarro;José Ramón Pintos;Enrique Ponsoda

  • Affiliations:
  • Instituto de Matemática Multidisciplinar, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, 46022, Valencia, Spain;Instituto de Matemática Multidisciplinar, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, 46022, Valencia, Spain;Instituto de Matemática Multidisciplinar, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, 46022, Valencia, Spain;Instituto de Matemática Multidisciplinar, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, 46022, Valencia, Spain

  • Venue:
  • Computers & Mathematics with Applications
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

This paper deals with the numerical solution of Black-Scholes option pricing partial differential equations by means of semidiscretization technique. For the linear case a fourth-order discretization with respect to the underlying asset variable allows a highly accurate approximation of the solution. For the nonlinear case of interest modeling option pricing with transaction costs, semidiscretization technique provides a competitive numerical solution with respect to others recently given in [B. During, M. Fournier, A. Jungel, Convergence of a high order compact finite difference scheme for a nonlinear Black-Scholes equation, Esaim-Math. Modelling Numer. Anal.-Modelisation Mathematique et Analyse Numerique 38 (2004) 359-369; B. During, Black-Scholes type equations: mathematical analysis, parameter identification & numerical solution, Dissertation, University Mainz, July 2005].