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Finite Difference Approximation for Pricing the American Lookback Option

Finite Difference Approximation for Pricing the American Lookback Option
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Year:    2009

Journal of Computational Mathematics, Vol. 27 (2009), Iss. 4 : pp. 484–494

Abstract

In this paper we are concerned with the pricing of lookback options with American type constrains. Based on the differential linear complementary formula associated with the pricing problem, an implicit difference scheme is constructed and analyzed. We show that there exists a unique difference solution which is unconditionally stable. Using the notion of viscosity solutions, we also prove that the finite difference solution converges uniformly to the viscosity solution of the continuous problem. Furthermore, by means of the variational inequality analysis method, the $\mathcal{O}(Δt+Δx^2)$-order error estimate is derived in the discrete $L_2$-norm provided that the continuous problem is sufficiently regular. In addition, a numerical example is provided to illustrate the theoretical results.

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Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/jcm.2009.27.4.015

Journal of Computational Mathematics, Vol. 27 (2009), Iss. 4 : pp. 484–494

Published online:    2009-01

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Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    11

Keywords:    American lookback options Finite difference approximation Stability and convergence Error estimates.

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