A GENERAL METHODOLOGY TO PRICE AND HEDGE DERIVATIVES IN INCOMPLETE MARKETS
- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- Published by World Scientific Pub Co Pte Ltd in International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance
- Vol. 3 (1) , 1-24
- https://doi.org/10.1142/s0219024900000024
Abstract
We introduce and discuss a general criterion for the derivative pricing in the general situation of incomplete markets, we refer to it as the No Almost Sure Arbitrage Principle. This approach is based on the theory of optimal strategy in repeated multiplicative games originally introduced by Kelly. As particular cases we obtain the Cox–Ross–Rubinstein and Black–Scholes in the complete markets case and the Schweizer and Bouchaud–Sornette as a quadratic approximation of our prescription. Technical and numerical aspects for the practical option pricing, as large deviation theory approximation and Monte Carlo computation are discussed in detail.Keywords
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