Example #1
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        public void testPastFixings()
        {
            //BOOST_MESSAGE("Testing use of past fixings in Asian options...");
            DayCounter dc = new Actual360();
            Date today = Date.Today ;

            SimpleQuote spot = new SimpleQuote(100.0);
            SimpleQuote qRate = new SimpleQuote(0.03);
            YieldTermStructure qTS = Utilities.flatRate(today, qRate, dc);
            SimpleQuote rRate = new SimpleQuote(0.06);
            YieldTermStructure rTS = Utilities.flatRate(today, rRate, dc);
            SimpleQuote vol = new SimpleQuote(0.20);
            BlackVolTermStructure volTS = Utilities.flatVol(today, vol, dc);

            StrikedTypePayoff payoff = new PlainVanillaPayoff(Option.Type.Put, 100.0);

            Exercise exercise = new EuropeanExercise(today + new Period(1,TimeUnit.Years));

            BlackScholesMertonProcess stochProcess =
                new BlackScholesMertonProcess(new Handle<Quote>(spot),
                                              new Handle<YieldTermStructure>(qTS),
                                              new Handle<YieldTermStructure>(rTS),
                                              new Handle<BlackVolTermStructure>(volTS));

            // MC arithmetic average-price
            double runningSum = 0.0;
            int pastFixings = 0;
            List<Date> fixingDates1 = new InitializedList<Date>();
            for (int i=0; i<=12; ++i)
                fixingDates1.Add(today + new Period(i,TimeUnit.Months));

            DiscreteAveragingAsianOption option1 =
                new DiscreteAveragingAsianOption(Average.Type.Arithmetic, runningSum,
                                                 pastFixings, fixingDates1,
                                                 payoff, exercise);

            pastFixings = 2;
            runningSum = pastFixings * spot.value() * 0.8;
            List<Date> fixingDates2 = new InitializedList<Date>();
            for (int i=-2; i<=12; ++i)
                fixingDates2.Add(today + new Period(i,TimeUnit.Months));

            DiscreteAveragingAsianOption option2 =
                new DiscreteAveragingAsianOption(Average.Type.Arithmetic, runningSum,
                                                 pastFixings, fixingDates2,
                                                 payoff, exercise);

            IPricingEngine engine =
               new MakeMCDiscreteArithmeticAPEngine<LowDiscrepancy,Statistics>(stochProcess)
                .withStepsPerYear(1)
                .withSamples(2047)
                .value() ;

            option1.setPricingEngine(engine);
            option2.setPricingEngine(engine);

            double price1 = option1.NPV();
            double price2 = option2.NPV();

            if (Utils.close(price1, price2)) {
                Assert.Fail(
                     "past fixings had no effect on arithmetic average-price option"
                     + "\n  without fixings: " + price1
                     + "\n  with fixings:    " + price2);
            }

            // MC arithmetic average-strike
            engine = new MakeMCDiscreteArithmeticASEngine<LowDiscrepancy,Statistics>(stochProcess)
                .withSamples(2047)
                .value();

            option1.setPricingEngine(engine);
            option2.setPricingEngine(engine);

            price1 = option1.NPV();
            price2 = option2.NPV();

            if (Utils.close(price1, price2)) {
                Assert.Fail(
                     "past fixings had no effect on arithmetic average-strike option"
                     + "\n  without fixings: " + price1
                     + "\n  with fixings:    " + price2);
            }

            // analytic geometric average-price
            double runningProduct = 1.0;
            pastFixings = 0;

            DiscreteAveragingAsianOption option3 =
                new DiscreteAveragingAsianOption(Average.Type.Geometric, runningProduct,
                                                 pastFixings, fixingDates1,
                                                 payoff, exercise);

            pastFixings = 2;
            runningProduct = spot.value() * spot.value();

            DiscreteAveragingAsianOption option4 =
                new DiscreteAveragingAsianOption(Average.Type.Geometric, runningProduct,
                                                 pastFixings, fixingDates2,
                                                 payoff, exercise);

            engine = new AnalyticDiscreteGeometricAveragePriceAsianEngine(stochProcess);

            option3.setPricingEngine(engine);
            option4.setPricingEngine(engine);

            double price3 = option3.NPV();
            double price4 = option4.NPV();

            if (Utils.close(price3, price4)) {
                Assert.Fail(
                     "past fixings had no effect on geometric average-price option"
                     + "\n  without fixings: " + price3
                     + "\n  with fixings:    " + price4);
            }

            // MC geometric average-price
            engine = new MakeMCDiscreteGeometricAPEngine<LowDiscrepancy,Statistics>(stochProcess)
                        .withStepsPerYear(1)
                        .withSamples(2047)
                        .value();

            option3.setPricingEngine(engine);
            option4.setPricingEngine(engine);

            price3 = option3.NPV();
            price4 = option4.NPV();

            if (Utils.close(price3, price4)) {
                Assert.Fail(
                     "past fixings had no effect on geometric average-price option"
                     + "\n  without fixings: " + price3
                     + "\n  with fixings:    " + price4);
            }
        }
Example #2
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        public void testMCDiscreteArithmeticAveragePrice()
        {
            //BOOST_MESSAGE("Testing Monte Carlo discrete arithmetic average-price Asians...");

            //QL_TEST_START_TIMING

            // data from "Asian Option", Levy, 1997
            // in "Exotic Options: The State of the Art",
            // edited by Clewlow, Strickland

            DiscreteAverageData[] cases4 = {
            new DiscreteAverageData(Option.Type.Put, 90.0, 87.0, 0.06, 0.025, 0.0,11.0/12.0, 2,0.13, true, 1.3942835683),
            new DiscreteAverageData(Option.Type.Put, 90.0, 87.0, 0.06, 0.025, 0.0,11.0/12.0, 4,0.13, true, 1.5852442983),
            new DiscreteAverageData(Option.Type.Put, 90.0, 87.0, 0.06, 0.025, 0.0,11.0/12.0, 8,0.13, true, 1.66970673),
            new DiscreteAverageData(Option.Type.Put, 90.0, 87.0, 0.06, 0.025, 0.0,11.0/12.0, 12,0.13, true, 1.6980019214),
            new DiscreteAverageData(Option.Type.Put, 90.0, 87.0, 0.06, 0.025, 0.0,11.0/12.0, 26,0.13, true, 1.7255070456),
            new DiscreteAverageData(Option.Type.Put, 90.0, 87.0, 0.06, 0.025, 0.0,11.0/12.0, 52,0.13, true, 1.7401553533),
            new DiscreteAverageData(Option.Type.Put, 90.0, 87.0, 0.06, 0.025, 0.0,11.0/12.0, 100,0.13, true, 1.7478303712),
            new DiscreteAverageData(Option.Type.Put, 90.0, 87.0, 0.06, 0.025, 0.0,11.0/12.0, 250,0.13, true, 1.7490291943),
            new DiscreteAverageData(Option.Type.Put, 90.0, 87.0, 0.06, 0.025, 0.0,11.0/12.0, 500,0.13, true, 1.7515113291),
            new DiscreteAverageData(Option.Type.Put, 90.0, 87.0, 0.06, 0.025, 0.0,11.0/12.0, 1000,0.13, true, 1.7537344885),
            new DiscreteAverageData(Option.Type.Put, 90.0, 87.0, 0.06, 0.025, 1.0/12.0,11.0/12.0, 2,0.13, true, 1.8496053697),
            new DiscreteAverageData(Option.Type.Put, 90.0, 87.0, 0.06, 0.025, 1.0/12.0,11.0/12.0, 4,0.13, true, 2.0111495205),
            new DiscreteAverageData(Option.Type.Put, 90.0, 87.0, 0.06, 0.025, 1.0/12.0,11.0/12.0, 8,0.13, true, 2.0852138818),
            new DiscreteAverageData(Option.Type.Put, 90.0, 87.0, 0.06, 0.025, 1.0/12.0,11.0/12.0, 12,0.13, true, 2.1105094397),
            new DiscreteAverageData(Option.Type.Put, 90.0, 87.0, 0.06, 0.025, 1.0/12.0,11.0/12.0, 26,0.13, true, 2.1346526695),
            new DiscreteAverageData(Option.Type.Put, 90.0, 87.0, 0.06, 0.025, 1.0/12.0,11.0/12.0, 52,0.13, true, 2.147489651),
            new DiscreteAverageData(Option.Type.Put, 90.0, 87.0, 0.06, 0.025, 1.0/12.0,11.0/12.0, 100,0.13, true, 2.154728109),
            new DiscreteAverageData(Option.Type.Put, 90.0, 87.0, 0.06, 0.025, 1.0/12.0,11.0/12.0, 250,0.13, true, 2.1564276565),
            new DiscreteAverageData(Option.Type.Put, 90.0, 87.0, 0.06, 0.025, 1.0/12.0,11.0/12.0, 500,0.13, true, 2.1594238588),
            new DiscreteAverageData(Option.Type.Put, 90.0, 87.0, 0.06, 0.025, 1.0/12.0,11.0/12.0, 1000,0.13, true, 2.1595367326),
            new DiscreteAverageData(Option.Type.Put, 90.0, 87.0, 0.06, 0.025, 3.0/12.0,11.0/12.0, 2,0.13, true, 2.63315092584),
            new DiscreteAverageData(Option.Type.Put, 90.0, 87.0, 0.06, 0.025, 3.0/12.0,11.0/12.0, 4,0.13, true, 2.76723962361),
            new DiscreteAverageData(Option.Type.Put, 90.0, 87.0, 0.06, 0.025, 3.0/12.0,11.0/12.0, 8,0.13, true, 2.83124836881),
            new DiscreteAverageData(Option.Type.Put, 90.0, 87.0, 0.06, 0.025, 3.0/12.0,11.0/12.0, 12,0.13, true, 2.84290301412),
            new DiscreteAverageData(Option.Type.Put, 90.0, 87.0, 0.06, 0.025, 3.0/12.0,11.0/12.0, 26,0.13, true, 2.88179560417),
            new DiscreteAverageData(Option.Type.Put, 90.0, 87.0, 0.06, 0.025, 3.0/12.0,11.0/12.0, 52,0.13, true, 2.88447044543),
            new DiscreteAverageData(Option.Type.Put, 90.0, 87.0, 0.06, 0.025, 3.0/12.0,11.0/12.0, 100,0.13, true, 2.89985329603),
            new DiscreteAverageData(Option.Type.Put, 90.0, 87.0, 0.06, 0.025, 3.0/12.0,11.0/12.0, 250,0.13, true, 2.90047296063),
            new DiscreteAverageData(Option.Type.Put, 90.0, 87.0, 0.06, 0.025, 3.0/12.0,11.0/12.0, 500,0.13, true, 2.89813412160),
            new DiscreteAverageData(Option.Type.Put, 90.0, 87.0, 0.06, 0.025, 3.0/12.0,11.0/12.0, 1000,0.13, true, 2.89703362437)
            };

            DayCounter dc = new Actual360();
            Date today = Date.Today ;

            SimpleQuote spot = new SimpleQuote(100.0);
            SimpleQuote qRate = new SimpleQuote(0.03);
            YieldTermStructure qTS = Utilities.flatRate(today, qRate, dc);
            SimpleQuote rRate = new SimpleQuote(0.06);
            YieldTermStructure rTS = Utilities.flatRate(today, rRate, dc);
            SimpleQuote vol = new SimpleQuote(0.20);
            BlackVolTermStructure volTS = Utilities.flatVol(today, vol, dc);

            Average.Type averageType = Average.Type.Arithmetic;
            double runningSum = 0.0;
            int pastFixings = 0;
            for (int l=0; l<cases4.Length ; l++) {

                StrikedTypePayoff payoff = new
                    PlainVanillaPayoff(cases4[l].type, cases4[l].strike);

                double dt = cases4[l].length/(cases4[l].fixings-1);
                List<double> timeIncrements = new QLNet.InitializedList<double>(cases4[l].fixings);
                List<Date> fixingDates = new QLNet.InitializedList<Date>(cases4[l].fixings);
                timeIncrements[0] = cases4[l].first;
                fixingDates[0] = today + (int)(timeIncrements[0]*360+0.5);
                for (int i=1; i<cases4[l].fixings; i++) {
                    timeIncrements[i] = i*dt + cases4[l].first;
                    fixingDates[i] = today + (int)(timeIncrements[i]*360+0.5);
                }
                Exercise exercise = new EuropeanExercise(fixingDates[cases4[l].fixings-1]);

                spot.setValue(cases4[l].underlying);
                qRate.setValue(cases4[l].dividendYield);
                rRate.setValue(cases4[l].riskFreeRate);
                vol.setValue(cases4[l].volatility);

                BlackScholesMertonProcess stochProcess =
                    new BlackScholesMertonProcess(new Handle<Quote>(spot),
                                                new Handle<YieldTermStructure>(qTS),
                                                new Handle<YieldTermStructure>(rTS),
                                                new Handle<BlackVolTermStructure>(volTS));

                ulong seed=42;
                const int nrTrails = 5000;
                LowDiscrepancy.icInstance = new InverseCumulativeNormal();
                IRNG rsg = (IRNG)new LowDiscrepancy().make_sequence_generator(nrTrails,seed);

                new PseudoRandom().make_sequence_generator(nrTrails,seed);

                IPricingEngine engine =
                    new MakeMCDiscreteArithmeticAPEngine<LowDiscrepancy, Statistics>(stochProcess)
                        .withStepsPerYear(1)
                        .withSamples(2047)
                        .withControlVariate()
                        .value();
                DiscreteAveragingAsianOption option=
                    new DiscreteAveragingAsianOption(averageType, runningSum,
                                                    pastFixings, fixingDates,
                                                    payoff, exercise);
                option.setPricingEngine(engine);

                double calculated = option.NPV();
                double expected = cases4[l].result;
                double tolerance = 2.0e-2;
                if (Math.Abs(calculated-expected) > tolerance) {
                    REPORT_FAILURE("value", averageType, runningSum, pastFixings,
                                fixingDates, payoff, exercise, spot.value(),
                                qRate.value(), rRate.value(), today,
                                vol.value(), expected, calculated, tolerance);
                }
            }
        }