SLIDE 12 Simulation algorithms Without funding constraints
Theorem
E
2 ≤ N2 M0 max
k∈{0,...,N−1} Var
k+1
1), ...,
Pk+1(Si
k+1)
N
1 4NM2
j
j )f ′′ j (Pj(Si j ))F 3 j (P1(Si 1), ..., Pj(Si j ))
2 +
N
1 4NM2
j
E Vj(Si
j )f ′′ j (Pj(Si j )) N−1
F 4
k+1(P1(Si 1), ..., Pj(Si j ), Si j )
2
+
N
N 4M2
j
j )F 1 j (P1(Si 1), ..., Pj(Si j ))|Pj(Si j ) = 0
2 + N
N
(N − j + 1)2O
M4
j
ϕj is the density of Pj(Si
j ), Vj(x) = Var
Mj
Good choices
If ϕj(0) is big then take Mj ∼ √M0, otherwise Mj ∼ √M0/N. In both cases, N must be small when compared to √M0. When American options are involved, make sure that K 3
j /Mj is small enough.
For example
Mj = N − j N − 1 M1 with either M1 = √M0 N
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