European Option Pricing with Stochastic Volatility Models Under Parameter Uncertainty

Samuel N. Cohen, Martin Tegnér*

*Corresponding author for this work

Abstract

We consider stochastic volatility models under parameter uncertainty and investigate how model derived prices of European options are affected. We let the pricing parameters evolve dynamically in time within a specified region, and formalise the problem as a control problem where the control acts on the parameters to maximise/minimise the option value. Through a dual representation with backward stochastic differential equations, we obtain explicit equations for Heston’s model and investigate several numerical solutions thereof. In an empirical study, we apply our results to market data from the S&P 500 index where the model is estimated to historical asset prices. We find that the conservative model-prices cover 98% of the considered market-prices for a set of European call options.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFrontiers in Stochastic Analysis - BSDEs, SPDEs and their Applications : Selected, Revised and Extended Contributions
EditorsSamuel N. Cohen, István Gyöngy, Gon?alo dos Reis, David Siska, Lukasz Szpruch
Number of pages45
PublisherSpringer
Publication date2019
Pages123-167
ISBN (Print)9783030222840
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
EventInternational Workshop on BSDEs, SPDEs and their Applications, BSDE-SPDE 2017 - Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Duration: 3 Jul 20177 Jul 2017

Conference

ConferenceInternational Workshop on BSDEs, SPDEs and their Applications, BSDE-SPDE 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityEdinburgh
Period03/07/201707/07/2017
SeriesSpringer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics
Volume289
ISSN2194-1009

Keywords

  • Model uncertainty
  • Option pricing
  • Stochastic volatility

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