Consistent stable difference schemes for nonlinear Black-Scholes equations modelling option pricing with transaction costs
Company, Rafael ; Jódar, Lucas ; Pintos, José-Ramón
ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - Modélisation Mathématique et Analyse Numérique, Tome 43 (2009), p. 1045-1061 / Harvested from Numdam
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This paper deals with the numerical solution of nonlinear Black-Scholes equation modeling European vanilla call option pricing under transaction costs. Using an explicit finite difference scheme consistent with the partial differential equation valuation problem, a sufficient condition for the stability of the solution is given in terms of the stepsize discretization variables and the parameter measuring the transaction costs. This stability condition is linked to some properties of the numerical approximation of the Gamma of the option, previously obtained. Results are illustrated with numerical examples.

Publié le : 2009-01-01
DOI : https://doi.org/10.1051/m2an/2009014
Classification:  35K55,  65M12,  39A10,  90A09 
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Company, Rafael; Jódar, Lucas; Pintos, José-Ramón. Consistent stable difference schemes for nonlinear Black-Scholes equations modelling option pricing with transaction costs. ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - Modélisation Mathématique et Analyse Numérique, Tome 43 (2009) pp. 1045-1061. doi : 10.1051/m2an/2009014. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/M2AN_2009__43_6_1045_0/

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