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Option Pricing using Explicit Finite Difference Method, converted to F# from VBA code in Paul Wilmott Introduces Quantitative Finance book. http://taumuon-jabuka.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/option-pricing-in-f-using-explicit.html
open System
let callPayoff strike spot = max (spot - strike) 0.0
let putPayoff strike spot = max (strike - spot) 0.0
let triplewise (source: seq<_>) =
source
|> Seq.windowed 3
|> Seq.map (fun triple -> (triple.[0], triple.[1], triple.[2]))
let calcAssetStep strike numberAssetSteps =
2.0 * strike / float numberAssetSteps // 'infinity' is twice the strike
let calcTimeStep vol numberAssetSteps expiration =
let timeStep = 0.9 / (vol * vol) / float (numberAssetSteps * numberAssetSteps) // For stability
let numberTimeSteps = (int (expiration / timeStep)) + 1
let dT = (expiration / float numberTimeSteps) // ensure expiration is an integer number of time steps away
(dT, numberTimeSteps)
let optionValue vol intRate payoff strike expiration numberAssetSteps =
let payoffForStrike = payoff strike // partially apply
let dS = calcAssetStep strike numberAssetSteps
let timeStep = calcTimeStep vol numberAssetSteps expiration
let dT = fst timeStep
let numberTimeSteps = snd timeStep
let S = [|for i in 0 .. numberAssetSteps -> float i * dS|]
let initialValues = [|for i in 0 .. numberAssetSteps -> payoffForStrike S.[i]|]
let calc (prev, curr, next) S =
let delta = (next - prev) / 2.0 / dS; // central difference
let gamma = (next - 2.0 * curr + prev) / dS / dS // central difference
let theta = -0.5 * vol * vol * S * S * gamma - intRate * S * delta + intRate * curr // Black-Scholes
curr - float dT * theta
let calc (k, prevValues:float[]) =
if k = (numberTimeSteps + 1) then
None
else
let values = prevValues
|> Seq.ofArray
|> triplewise
|> Seq.mapi (fun idx vals -> calc vals S.[idx + 1])
let b0 = prevValues.[0] * (1.0 - intRate * float dT) // boundary condition at S=0
let placeHolder = 0.0
let valuesSeq = seq {
yield b0
yield! values
yield placeHolder }
let valuesArray = Seq.toArray valuesSeq
let b1 = 2.0 * valuesArray.[numberAssetSteps - 1] - valuesArray.[numberAssetSteps - 2] // boundary condition at S=infinity
valuesArray.[valuesArray.Length - 1] <- b1
Some(valuesArray, (k+1, valuesArray))
seq
{ yield initialValues
yield! Seq.unfold calc (1, initialValues) }
// use gnuplot with the following:
// set zrange [0:120]
// set xlabel "Time"
// set ylabel "Asset"
// set zlabel "Option value"
// splot "out.dat"
let outputVals (filename:string) (dS:float) (dT:float) (vals:seq<float[]>) =
use textWriter = new System.IO.StreamWriter(filename)
vals |> Seq.iteri (fun i s ->
for j = 0 to (s.Length - 1) do
textWriter.WriteLine("{0} {1} {2}", dT * float i, dS * float j, s.[j]))
[<EntryPoint>]
[<STAThread>]
let main argv =
let vol = 0.2
let interestRate = 0.05
let strike = 100.0
let expiry = 1.0
let numberAssetSteps = 20
let vCall = optionValue vol interestRate callPayoff strike expiry numberAssetSteps
let dS = calcAssetStep strike numberAssetSteps
let timeStep = calcTimeStep vol numberAssetSteps expiry
let dT = fst timeStep
vCall |> outputVals "E:\\temp\\Call.dat" dS dT
let vPut = optionValue vol interestRate putPayoff strike expiry numberAssetSteps
vPut |> outputVals "E:\\temp\\Put.dat" dS dT
0 // return an integer exit code
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