s30ndf computes the price and sensitivities of a European option using Heston's stochastic volatility model. The return on the asset price,
, is
and the instantaneous variance,
, is defined by a mean-reverting square root stochastic process,
where
is the risk free annual interest rate;
is the annual dividend rate;
is the variance of the asset price;
is the volatility of the volatility,
;
is the mean reversion rate;
is the long term variance.
, for
, denotes two correlated standard Brownian motions with
The option price is computed by evaluating the integral transform given by
Lewis (2000) using the form of the characteristic function discussed by
Albrecher et al. (2007), see also
Kilin (2006).
where
and
with
. Here
is the risk aversion parameter of the representative agent with
and
. The value
corresponds to
, where
is the market price of risk in
Heston (1993) (see
Lewis (2000) and
Rouah and Vainberg (2007)).
Writing the expression for the price of a call option as
then the sensitivities or Greeks can be obtained in the following manner,
- Delta
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- Vega
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- Rho
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Heston S (1993) A closed-form solution for options with stochastic volatility with applications to bond and currency options Review of Financial Studies 6 327–343
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1:
– Character(1)
Input
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On entry: determines whether the option is a call or a put.
- A call; the holder has a right to buy.
- A put; the holder has a right to sell.
Constraint:
or .
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2:
– Integer
Input
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On entry: the number of strike prices to be used.
Constraint:
.
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3:
– Integer
Input
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On entry: the number of times to expiry to be used.
Constraint:
.
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4:
– Real (Kind=nag_wp) array
Input
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On entry: must contain
, the th strike price, for .
Constraint:
, where , the safe range parameter, for .
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5:
– Real (Kind=nag_wp)
Input
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On entry: , the price of the underlying asset.
Constraint:
, where , the safe range parameter.
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6:
– Real (Kind=nag_wp) array
Input
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On entry: must contain
, the th time, in years, to expiry, for .
Constraint:
, where , the safe range parameter, for .
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7:
– Real (Kind=nag_wp)
Input
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On entry: the volatility, , of the volatility process, . Note that a rate of 20% should be entered as .
Constraint:
.
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8:
– Real (Kind=nag_wp)
Input
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On entry: , the long term mean reversion rate of the volatility.
Constraint:
.
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9:
– Real (Kind=nag_wp)
Input
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On entry: the correlation between the two standard Brownian motions for the asset price and the volatility.
Constraint:
.
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10:
– Real (Kind=nag_wp)
Input
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On entry: the initial value of the variance, , of the asset price.
Constraint:
.
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11:
– Real (Kind=nag_wp)
Input
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On entry: , the long term mean of the variance of the asset price.
Constraint:
.
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12:
– Real (Kind=nag_wp)
Input
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On entry: the risk aversion parameter, , of the representative agent.
Constraint:
and .
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13:
– Real (Kind=nag_wp) array
Input
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On entry: must contain
, the th annual risk-free interest rate, continuously compounded, for . Note that a rate of 5% should be entered as .
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14:
– Real (Kind=nag_wp) array
Input
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On entry: must contain
, the th annual continuous yield rate, for . Note that a rate of 8% should be entered as .
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15:
– Real (Kind=nag_wp) array
Output
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On exit: contains , the option price evaluated for the strike price at expiry for and .
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16:
– Integer
Input
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On entry: the first dimension of the arrays
p,
delta,
gamma,
vega,
theta,
rho,
vanna,
charm,
speed,
zomma,
vomma,
dp_dx,
dp_dq,
dp_deta,
dp_dkappa,
dp_dsigmav,
dp_dcorr and
dp_dgrisk as declared in the (sub)program from which
s30ndf is called.
Constraint:
.
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17:
– Real (Kind=nag_wp) array
Output
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On exit: the leading
part of the array
delta contains the sensitivity,
, of the option price to change in the price of the underlying asset.
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18:
– Real (Kind=nag_wp) array
Output
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On exit: the leading
part of the array
gamma contains the sensitivity,
, of
delta to change in the price of the underlying asset.
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19:
– Real (Kind=nag_wp) array
Output
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On exit: , contains the first-order Greek measuring the sensitivity of the option price to change in the volatility of the underlying asset, i.e., , for and .
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20:
– Real (Kind=nag_wp) array
Output
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On exit: , contains the first-order Greek measuring the sensitivity of the option price to change in time, i.e., , for and .
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21:
– Real (Kind=nag_wp) array
Output
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On exit: , contains the first-order Greek measuring the sensitivity of the option price to change in the annual risk-free interest rate, i.e., , for and .
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22:
– Real (Kind=nag_wp) array
Output
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On exit: , contains the second-order Greek measuring the sensitivity of the first-order Greek to change in the volatility of the asset price, i.e., , for and .
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23:
– Real (Kind=nag_wp) array
Output
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On exit: , contains the second-order Greek measuring the sensitivity of the first-order Greek to change in the time, i.e., , for and .
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24:
– Real (Kind=nag_wp) array
Output
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On exit: , contains the third-order Greek measuring the sensitivity of the second-order Greek to change in the price of the underlying asset, i.e., , for and .
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25:
– Real (Kind=nag_wp) array
Output
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On exit: , contains the third-order Greek measuring the sensitivity of the second-order Greek to change in the volatility of the underlying asset, i.e., , for and .
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26:
– Real (Kind=nag_wp) array
Output
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On exit: , contains the second-order Greek measuring the sensitivity of the option price to second-order changes in the volatility of the underlying asset, i.e., , for and .
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27:
– Real (Kind=nag_wp) array
Output
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On exit: , contains the derivative measuring the sensitivity of the option price to change in the strick price, , i.e., , for and .
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28:
– Real (Kind=nag_wp) array
Output
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On exit: , contains the derivative measuring the sensitivity of the option price to change in the annual continuous yield rate, , i.e., , for and .
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29:
– Real (Kind=nag_wp) array
Output
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On exit: , contains the derivative measuring the sensitivity of the option price to change in the long term mean of the variance of the asset price, i.e., , for and .
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30:
– Real (Kind=nag_wp) array
Output
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On exit: , contains the derivative measuring the sensitivity of the option price to change in the long term mean reversion rate of the volatility, i.e., , for and .
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31:
– Real (Kind=nag_wp) array
Output
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On exit: , contains the derivative measuring the sensitivity of the option price to change in the volatility of the volatility process, , i.e., , for and .
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32:
– Real (Kind=nag_wp) array
Output
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On exit: , contains the derivative measuring the sensitivity of the option price to change in the correlation between the two standard Brownian motions for the asset price and the volatility, i.e., , for and .
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33:
– Real (Kind=nag_wp) array
Output
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On exit: , contains the derivative measuring the sensitivity of the option price to change in the risk aversion parameter of the representative agent,, i.e., , for and .
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34:
– Integer
Input/Output
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On entry:
ifail must be set to
,
or
to set behaviour on detection of an error; these values have no effect when no error is detected.
A value of causes the printing of an error message and program execution will be halted; otherwise program execution continues. A value of means that an error message is printed while a value of means that it is not.
If halting is not appropriate, the value
or
is recommended. If message printing is undesirable, then the value
is recommended. Otherwise, the value
is recommended.
When the value or is used it is essential to test the value of ifail on exit.
On exit:
unless the routine detects an error or a warning has been flagged (see
Section 6).
The accuracy of the output is determined by the accuracy of the numerical quadrature used to evaluate the integral in
(1). An adaptive method is used which evaluates the integral to within a tolerance of
, where
is the absolute value of the integral.
None.
This example computes the price and sensitivities of four European calls using Heston's stochastic volatility model. In each case, the time to expiry is
year, the stock price is
, the strike price is
, the volatility of the variance (
) is
per year, the mean reversion parameter (
) is
, the long term mean of the variance (
) is
, the correlation between the volatility process and the stock price process (
) is
, the risk aversion parameter (
) is
and the initial value of the variance (
var0) is
. The risk-free interest rate values for each call are
,
,
,
per year. The annual continuous yield rate values are
,
,
,
per year.