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Robust recovery of the risk neutral probability density from option prices
Robust recovery of the risk neutral probability density from option prices

Author(s): Gabriel Turinici
Subject(s): International relations/trade, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Financial Markets
Published by: Editura Universităţii »Alexandru Ioan Cuza« din Iaşi
Keywords: mathematical finance; risk neutral probability density; calibration;

Summary/Abstract: We present in this paper a robust numerical procedure that allows extracting the risk neutral probability density data from a set of quoted European option prices. The procedure does not use any specific evolution model for the underlying; the probability density is the solution of a fitting problem to which we add a penalty term to ensure smoothness of the result. We give some examples from FOREX markets.

  • Issue Year: 56/2009
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 197-201
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: English