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Hedging lookback and partial lookback options using Malliavin calculus 

Author: Hans-Peter Bermin a
Affiliation:   a Department of Economics, Lund University, P.O. Box 7082, S-220 07 Lund, Sweden phone: +46-46-222 46 71 e-mail: hans-peter.bermin@nek.lu.se.
DOI: 10.1080/13504860010014052
Publication Frequency: 6 issues per year
Published in: journal Applied Mathematical Finance, Volume 7, Issue 2 June 2000 , pages 75 - 100
Number of References: 16
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Abstract

The paper considers a Black and Scholes economy with constant coefficients. A contingent claim is said to be simple if the payoff at maturity is a function of the value of the underlying security at maturity. To replicate a simple contingent claim one uses so called delta-hedging, and the well-known strategy is derived from Ito⁁ calculus and the theory of partial differentiable equations. However, hedging path-dependent options require other tools since the price processes, in general, no longer have smooth stochastic differentials. It is shown how Malliavin calculus can be used to derive the hedging strategy for any kind of path-dependent options, and in particular for lookback and partial lookback options.
Keywords: Contingent; Claims; Hedging; Lookback; Options; Malliavin; Calculus
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