On option pricing when volatility is proportional to stock price

We study option pricing in local volatility model with volatility function proportional to stock price, which can be regarded as a special case of the CEV model. We use the properties of modified Bessel functions of the first kind with half-integer order and derive simplified forms of the transition probability density function and European call option price. We demonstrate that the considered pricing model produces fat-tailed distribution with tail index 3 and build implied volatility surface with skew effect.

Authors
Publisher
Российский университет дружбы народов (РУДН)
Language
English
Pages
197-201
Status
Published
Year
2020
Organizations
  • 1 Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
Keywords
option pricing; volatility function; CEV model; fat-tailed distribution
Date of creation
06.07.2022
Date of change
06.07.2022
Short link
https://repository.rudn.ru/en/records/article/record/89107/
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