This paper addresses a finite difference approximation for an infinite dimensional Black-Scholes equation obtained in Chang and Youree [5]. The equation arises from a consideration of an European option pricing problem in a market in which stock prices and the riskless asset prices have hereditary structures. Under a general condition on the payoff function of the option, it is shown that the p...

The payoffs of the barrier options depend on the time path of the underlying price as opposed to just the price at expiry. It implies that both the boundary conditions and the initial condition are imposed on the Black-Scholes partial differential equation. Therefore, the valuation of the barrier options is a boundary value problem. Since the Black-Scholes equation can be converted into a homog...

In this paper, the meshless local Petrov-Galerkin (MLPG) method is applied for solving a generalized Black-Scholes equation in financial problems. This equation is a PDE governing the price evolution of a European call or a European put under the Black-Scholes model. The θ-weighted method and MLPG are used for discretizing the governing equation in time variable and option pricing, respectively...

We study properties of solutions to fully nonlinear versions of the standard Black– Scholes partial differential equation. These equations have been introduced in financial mathematics in order to deal with illiquid markets or with stochastic volatility. We show that typical nonlinear Black–Scholes equations can be viewed as dynamic programming equation of an associated control problem. We esta...

We prove a Donsker type approximation theorem for the fractional Brownian motion in the case H > 1/2. Using this approximation we construct an elementary market model that converges weakly to the fractional analogue of the Black–Scholes model. We show that there exist arbitrage opportunities in this model. One such opportunity is constructed explicitly.

In this paper, we investigate option valuation problems under the fractional Black–Scholes model. The aim is to propose a pricing formula for the European option with transaction costs, where the costs structure contains fixed costs, a cost propositional to the volume traded, and a cost proportional to the value traded. Precisely, we provide an approximate solution of the nonlinear Hoggard–Whal...

Pricing American options using partial (integro-)differential equation based methods leads to linear complementarity problems (LCPs). The numerical solution of these problems resulting from the Black-Scholes model, Kou’s jumpdiffusion model, and Heston’s stochastic volatility model are considered. The finite difference discretization is described. The solutions of the discrete LCPs are approxim...

The aim of this paper is to provide a semimartingale approximation of a fractional stochastic integration. This result leads us to approximate the fractional Black-Scholes model by a model driven by semimartingales, and a European option pricing formula is found. 2000 AMS Classification: 60H05, 65G15, 62P05.