Friday, August 23, 2019

options - Expected payoff at future time



Let a, b, c, and e be constants, W1 and W2 be Brownian motions with correlation ρ, and f(t) and g(t) be deterministic functions of time. Let X satisfy d(X(t))=(aX(t)+ef(t)g(t))dt+f(t)X(t)dW1(t)+g(t)X(t)dW2(t).

Compute the expected value of X(T)2 given X(t) for some 0tT.


If e=0, we can use Ito's rule to write d(logX) as an expression independent of X. Integrating gives that X(T)|X(t) is log-normal. If e0, d(logX) is no longer independent of X. I can't think of a way around this issue.



Answer



Based on ideas from this question, let Mt=eat+12t0(f2+g2+2ρfg)dst0(fdW1(s)+gdW2(s)).

Then dMt=Mt[(a+f2+g2+2ρfg)dtfdW1(t)gdW2(t)].
Moreover, d(MtXt)=MtdXt+XtdMt+dM,Xt=eMtfgdt.
Then, XT=MtMTXt+eTtMsMTf(s)g(s)ds.
Now, you should be able to compute the conditional expectation.


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