Local volatility from American options

De Marco and Henry-Labordère provide an approximation of American options in terms of the local volatility function

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE PDF

Stefano De Marco and Pierre Henry-Labordère focus on short-time asymptotics for American options in the case of local and stochastic volatility models. As a by-product, they obtain an efficient algorithm for calibrating Dupire’s local volatility to American options, starting from an arbitrage-free parameterisation of a European-implied volatility

Calibration of the local volatility model on (European) vanillas can be efficiently achieved using Dupire’s formula, which

Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.

To access these options, along with all other subscription benefits, please contact info@risk.net or view our subscription options here: http://subscriptions.risk.net/subscribe

You are currently unable to copy this content. Please contact info@risk.net to find out more.

Sorry, our subscription options are not loading right now

Please try again later. Get in touch with our customer services team if this issue persists.

New to Risk.net? View our subscription options

You need to sign in to use this feature. If you don’t have a Risk.net account, please register for a trial.

Sign in
You are currently on corporate access.

To use this feature you will need an individual account. If you have one already please sign in.

Sign in.

Alternatively you can request an individual account here