Space-time adaptive finite difference method for European multi-asset options

  • Authors:
  • Per Lötstedt;Jonas Persson;Lina von Sydow;Johan Tysk

  • Affiliations:
  • Division of Scientific Computing, Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University, SE-75105 Uppsala, Sweden;Division of Scientific Computing, Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University, SE-75105 Uppsala, Sweden;Division of Scientific Computing, Department of Information Technology, Uppsala University, SE-75105 Uppsala, Sweden;Department of Mathematics, Uppsala University, SE-75106 Uppsala, Sweden

  • Venue:
  • Computers & Mathematics with Applications
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

The multi-dimensional Black-Scholes equation is solved numerically for a European call basket option using a priori-a posteriori error estimates. The equation is discretized by a finite difference method on a Cartesian grid. The grid is adjusted dynamically in space and time to satisfy a bound on the global error. The discretization errors in each time step are estimated and weighted by the solution of the adjoint problem. Bounds on the local errors and the adjoint solution are obtained by the maximum principle for parabolic equations. Comparisons are made with Monte Carlo and quasi-Monte Carlo methods in one dimension, and the performance of the method is illustrated by examples in one, two, and three dimensions.