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Analytic pricing of Asian (average) options.
- Geometric average price: exact closed form — the geometric average
of lognormals is lognormal. Supports discrete equally spaced averaging
(
npoints, matching Monte Carlo monitoring) and the continuous limit. - Arithmetic average price: Turnbull-Wakeman (1991) lognormal moment-matching approximation, continuous averaging.
Both assume the averaging period spans the whole life of the option and has not yet started. Floating-strike (average strike) Asians have no implemented closed form and price on the Monte Carlo engine.
Enums§
- Asian
Strike Type - Fixed strike (average price) vs floating strike (average strike).
- Averaging
Type - How the average is computed along the path.
Functions§
- geometric_
asian_ price - Exact price of a geometric average-price Asian.
- turnbull_
wakeman_ price - Turnbull-Wakeman approximation for an arithmetic average-price Asian (continuous averaging): the first two moments of the average are matched to a lognormal and priced with Black’s formula.