Abstract

We propose a closed-form approximation for the price of basket options under a multivariate Black-Scholes model. The method is based on Taylor and Chebyshev expansions and involves mixed exponential-power moments of a Gaussian distribution. Our numerical results show that both approaches are comparable in accuracy to a standard Monte Carlo method, with a lesser computational effort

Highlights

  • The objective of the paper is the study of the pricing of basket options under a multivariate Black-Scholes model, using two different polynomial approximations of a related conditional contract.Our main contribution consists in the proposal of an efficient methodology that combines two approaches previously considered

  • In order to overcome this potential problem, we study developments in terms of Chebyshev polynomials, which offer a uniform convergence of the conditional price on a predetermined closed interval

  • It seems as a drawback of the method, it does not constitute a serious problem as values far from the mean are infrequent, and the error in calculating the expected value from a Taylor approximation is fairly small

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Introduction

The objective of the paper is the study of the pricing of basket options under a multivariate Black-Scholes model, using two different polynomial approximations of a related conditional contract.Our main contribution consists in the proposal of an efficient methodology that combines two approaches previously considered. The objective of the paper is the study of the pricing of basket options under a multivariate Black-Scholes model, using two different polynomial approximations of a related conditional contract. While a Taylor expansion of the second order for spread pricing has been considered in [2], an approach based on Chebyshev expansion remains less explored. It has been considered in [3] for a single-asset option contract and in a multiasset setting in [4]. The latter combines with a Fourier series development, offering an interesting analysis of the error in the approximation. Our method conceptually differs from the works cited above in the way the expansion is carried on

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