European and American Options Valuation by Unsupervised Learning with Artificial Neural Networks

Autor: Cornelis W. Oosterlee, Remco van der Meer, Beatriz Salvador
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Proceedings, Vol 54, Iss 14, p 14 (2020)
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ISSN: 2504-3900
Popis: [Abstract] Artificial neural networks (ANNs) have recently also been applied to solve partial differential equations (PDEs). In this work, the classical problem of pricing European and American financial options, based on the corresponding PDE formulations, is studied. Instead of using numerical techniques based on finite element or difference methods, we address the problem using ANNs in the context of unsupervised learning. As a result, the ANN learns the option values for all possible underlying stock values at future time points, based on the minimization of a suitable loss function. For the European option, we solve the linear Black–Scholes equation, whereas for the American option, we solve the linear complementarity problem formulation.
Databáze: OpenAIRE