A multifractional option pricing formula
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| Year of publication | 2024 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | arxiv |
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| Web | https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219477524500603 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S0219477524500603 |
| Keywords | Multifractional Brownian motion; Hurst exponent; Long-range dependence; European option pricing |
| Description | Fractional Brownian motion has become a standard tool to address long-range dependence in financial time series. However, a constant memory parameter is too restrictive to address different market conditions. Here we model the price fluctuations using a multifractional Brownian motion assuming that the Hurst exponent is a time-deterministic function. Through the multifractional Ito calculus, both the related transition density function and the analytical European Call option pricing formula are obtained. The empirical performance of the multifractional Black-Scholes models is tested and appears superior to its fractional and standard counterparts. |