Abstract

Abstract This article introduces a model to estimate the risk-neutral density of stock prices derived from option prices. To estimate a complete risk-neutral density, current estimation techniques use a single mathematical model to interpolate option prices on two dimensions: strike price and time-to-maturity. Instead, this model uses B-splines with at-the-money knots for the strike price interpolation and a mixed lognormal function that depends on the option expiration horizon for the time-to-maturity interpolation. The results of this “hybrid” methodology are significantly better than other risk-neutral density extrapolation methods when applied to the recovery theorem.

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