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Time-dependent barrier options and boundary crossing probabilities. (English) Zbl 1060.91067

Summary: The problem of pricing of time-dependent barrier options is considered in the case when interest rate and volatility are given functions in Black-Scholes framework. The calculation of the fair price reduces to the calculation of nonlinear boundary crossing probabilities for a standard Brownian motion. The proposed method is based on a piecewise-linear approximation for the boundary and repeated integration. The numerical example provided draws attention to the performance of suggested method in comparison to some alternatives.

MSC:

91B28 Finance etc. (MSC2000)
60J65 Brownian motion
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