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asianbystt

Price Asian options using standard trinomial tree

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Syntax

Price = asianbystt(STTTree,OptSpec,Strike,Settle,ExerciseDates)
Price = asianbystt(___,AmericanOpt,AvgType,AvgPrice,AvgDate)

Description

Price = asianbystt(STTTree,OptSpec,Strike,Settle,ExerciseDates) prices Asian options using a standard trinomial (STT) tree.

Note

Alternatively, you can use the Asian object to price Asian options. For more information, see Get Started with Workflows Using Object-Based Framework for Pricing Financial Instruments.

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Price = asianbystt(___,AmericanOpt,AvgType,AvgPrice,AvgDate) prices Asian options using a standard trinomial (STT) tree with optional arguments for AmericanOpt, AvgType, AvgPrice, and AvgDate.

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Examples

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Open Live Script

Create a RateSpec. 

StartDates = datetime(2009,1,1); 
EndDates = datetime(2013,1,1); 
Rates = 0.035; 
Basis = 1; 
Compounding = -1;
RateSpec = intenvset('ValuationDate', StartDates, 'StartDates', StartDates,...
'EndDates', EndDates, 'Rates', Rates,'Compounding', Compounding, 'Basis', Basis)
RateSpec = struct with fields:
           FinObj: 'RateSpec'
      Compounding: -1
             Disc: 0.8694
            Rates: 0.0350
         EndTimes: 4
       StartTimes: 0
         EndDates: 735235
       StartDates: 733774
    ValuationDate: 733774
            Basis: 1
     EndMonthRule: 1

Create a StockSpec. 

AssetPrice = 85; 
Sigma = 0.15; 
StockSpec = stockspec(Sigma, AssetPrice)
StockSpec = struct with fields:
             FinObj: 'StockSpec'
              Sigma: 0.1500
         AssetPrice: 85
       DividendType: []
    DividendAmounts: 0
    ExDividendDates: []

Create an STTTree. 

NumPeriods = 4;
TimeSpec = stttimespec(StartDates, EndDates, 4);
STTTree = stttree(StockSpec, RateSpec, TimeSpec)
STTTree = struct with fields:
       FinObj: 'STStockTree'
    StockSpec: [1x1 struct]
     TimeSpec: [1x1 struct]
     RateSpec: [1x1 struct]
         tObs: [0 1 2 3 4]
         dObs: [733774 734139 734504 734869 735235]
        STree: {[85]  [110.2179 85 65.5520]  [142.9174 110.2179 85 65.5520 50.5537]  [185.3182 142.9174 110.2179 85 65.5520 50.5537 38.9870]  [240.2985 185.3182 142.9174 110.2179 85 65.5520 50.5537 38.9870 30.0668]}
        Probs: {[3x1 double]  [3x3 double]  [3x5 double]  [3x7 double]}

Define the Asian option and compute the price. 

Settle = datetime(2009,1,1);
ExerciseDates = [datetime(2012,1,1) ; datetime(2013,1,1)];
OptSpec = 'call';
Strike = 100;

Price = asianbystt(STTTree, OptSpec, Strike, Settle, ExerciseDates)
Price = 2×1

    1.6905
    2.6203

Input Arguments

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Stock tree structure for a standard trinomial tree, specified by using stttree.

Data Types: struct

Definition of option, specified as 'call' or 'put' using a character vector.

Data Types: char

Option strike price value, specified with a nonnegative integer using a NINST-by-1 matrix of strike price values. To compute the value of a floating-strike Asian option, Strike should be specified as NaN. Floating-strike Asian options are also known as average strike options.

Data Types: double

Settlement date or trade date for the Asian option, specified as a NINST-by-1 vector of settlement or trade dates using date character vectors, or a datetime array.

Note

The Settle date for every Asian option is set to the ValuationDate of the stock tree. The Asian argument, Settle, is ignored.

To support existing code, asianbystt also accepts serial date numbers as inputs, but they are not recommended.

Option exercise dates, specified as a datetime array, string array, or character vectors:

  • For a European option, use aNINST-by-1 matrix of exercise dates. Each row is the schedule for one option. For a European option, there is only one ExerciseDates on the option expiry date.

  • For an American option, use a NINST-by-2 vector of exercise date boundaries. The option can be exercised on any tree date between or including the pair of dates on that row. If only one non-NaN date is listed, or if ExerciseDates is a NINST-by-1 vector of dates, the option can be exercised between ValuationDate of the stock tree and the single listed ExerciseDates.

To support existing code, asianbystt also accepts serial date numbers as inputs, but they are not recommended.

Option type, specified as NINST-by-1 positive integer scalar flags with values:

  • 0 — European

  • 1 — American

Data Types: single | double

Average types, specified as arithmetic for arithmetic average, or geometric for geometric average.

Data Types: char

Average price of underlying asset at Settle, specified as a scalar numeric.

Note

Use this argument when AvgDate < Settle.

Data Types: double

Date averaging period begins, specified as a scalar datetime, string, or date character vector.

To support existing code, asianbystt also accepts serial date numbers as inputs, but they are not recommended.

Output Arguments

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Expected prices for Asian options at time 0, returned as a NINST-by-1 matrix. Pricing of Asian options is done using Hull-White (1993). Consequently, for these options there are no unique prices on the tree nodes with the exception of the root node.

More About

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Asian Option

An Asian option is a path-dependent option with a payoff linked to the average value of the underlying asset during the life (or some part of the life) of the option.

Asian options are similar to lookback options in that there are two types of Asian options: fixed (average price option) and floating (average strike option). Fixed Asian options have a specified strike, while floating Asian options have a strike equal to the average value of the underlying asset over the life of the option. For more information, see Asian Option.

References

[1] Hull, J., and A. White. “Efficient Procedures for Valuing European and American Path-Dependent Options.” Journal of Derivatives. Vol. 1, pp. 21–31.

Version History

Introduced in R2015b

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