The project investigates the prices of barrier options from the constant underlying volatility in the Black-Scholes model to stochastic volatility model in SABR framework. The constant volatility assumption in derivative pricing is not able to capture the dynamics of volatility. In order to resolve the shortcomings of the Black-Scholes model, it becomes necessary to find a model that reproduces the smile effect of the volatility. To model the volatility more accurately, we look into the recently developed SABR model which is widely used by practitioners in the financial industry. Pricing a barrier option whose payoff to be path dependent intrigued us to find a proper numerical method to approximate its price. We discuss the basic sampling methods of Monte Carlo and several popular variance reduction techniques. Then, we apply Monte Carlo methods to simulate the price of the down-and-out put barrier options under the Black-Scholes model and the SABR model as well as compare the features of these two models.

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In the first part of this article, we discuss the time and the probability for the barrier option to become effective, and then employ the risk neutral assumption to derive the pricing formula of the barrier option. Our pricing formula is a closed form solution, and we may calculate the price of the barrier option without considering the Binomial tree of the underlying asset. We also calculate the traditional option price by our pricing formula, and compare the result to the value that is calculated by Binomial pricing formula. Both of them give the same value about the tradition option, and thus we may regard the tradition option as the special case of the barrier option. In the second part of this article, we employ the pricing formula of the barrier to derive the value of the National Finance Stabilization Fund, and then analyze the impact of the NFSF to the market. Our results reveal that when the benchmark market is not shifted by the bad news, then the NFSF may advance and stabilize the stock price index. In fact, many new style derivatives have the characteristics like barrier option, for example, a convertible bond with forced convert clause, which is a up-and-out call. Other course like bankruptcy costs, agency problems, and contingent liabilities etc, which can all be solved by the pricing formula in our discussion. We hope that results and the process in this article are helpful in solving above questions.

Barrier options are the most popular and traded derivatives in the financial market because of their lower prices. Many studies have been conducted to develop the methods of pricing barrier options. Barrier option prices can be calculated using the classical binomial tree method, but it is time-consuming when we have a large number of time periods. Muroi and Yamada have developed a new fast algorithm to obtain the prices of barrier options by using the spectral expansion approach. We implement and check this algorithm by doing more extensive numerical experimental studies and showing that the same prices calculated using the binomial tree method can also be obtained using the spectral binomial tree approach with a higher computational speed.

The diploma thesis is focused on robotic proces automation of sending financial contracts for barrier option product. Thesis also deals with proces mapping and process improvement thanks to implementation of SWIFT systém and automatic data routing to all systems.

This dissertation studies the pricing of Outside barrier call options, when their activation starts at a hitting time. The pricing of Outside barrier options when their activation starts at time zero, and the pricing of standard barrier options when their activation starts at a hitting time of a pre speci ed barrier level, have been studied previously (see [21], [24]). The new work that this dissertation will do is to price Outside barrier call options, where they will be activated when the triggering asset crosses or hits a pre speci ed barrier level, and also the pricing of Outside barrier call options where they will be activated when the triggering asset crosses or hits a sequence of two pre specifed barrier levels. Closed form solutions are derived using Girsanov's theorem and the re ection principle. Existing results are derived from the new results, and properties of the new results are illustrated numerically and discussed. / Mathematical Sciences / M. Sc. (Applied Mathematics)

This dissertation studies the pricing of Outside barrier call options, when their activation starts at a hitting time. The pricing of Outside barrier options when their activation starts at time zero, and the pricing of standard barrier options when their activation starts at a hitting time of a pre speci ed barrier level, have been studied previously (see [21], [24]). The new work that this dissertation will do is to price Outside barrier call options, where they will be activated when the triggering asset crosses or hits a pre speci ed barrier level, and also the pricing of Outside barrier call options where they will be activated when the triggering asset crosses or hits a sequence of two pre specifed barrier levels. Closed form solutions are derived using Girsanov's theorem and the re ection principle. Existing results are derived from the new results, and properties of the new results are illustrated numerically and discussed. / Mathematical Sciences / M. Sc. (Applied Mathematics)

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