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fdzh · 2023年10月23日

请问这个知识点在哪里讲到的?

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问题如下:

Bank A and Bank B are two competing investment banks that are calculating the 1-day 99% VaR for an at-the-money call on a non-dividend-paying stock with the following information:

Current stock price: USD 120

Estimated annual stock return volatility: 18%

Current Black-Scholes-Merton option value: USD 5.20

Option delta: 0.6

To compute VaR, Bank A uses the linear approximation method, while Bank B uses a Monte Carlo simulation method for full revaluation. Which bank will estimate a higher value for the 1-day 99% VaR?

选项:

A.Bank A. B.Bank B. C.Both will have the same VaR estimate. D.Insufficient information to determine.

解释:

The option’s return function is convex with respect to the value of the underlying; therefore the linear approximation method will always underestimate the true value of the option for any potential change in price. Therefore the VaR will always be higher under the linear approximation method than a full revaluation conducted by Monte Carlo simulation analysis. The difference is the bias resulting from the linear approximation, and this bias increases in size with the change in the option price and with the holding period.

好像没有提到Monte Carlo模拟与linear 的比较。我的理解是Monte Carlo模拟涉及到Convex情况,预测的Var应该大于linear才对

1 个答案

李坏_品职助教 · 2023年10月24日

嗨,从没放弃的小努力你好:


线性方法下,没有考虑二阶导数对期权价格的影响,下图那个实线部分就是线性方法下估算的期权价值曲线,可以看到在同等的股票价格下,比虚线部分的call value要低:

由于线性方法估算的期权价值偏低,而VaR恰恰就是衡量的损失部分。价值低,所以损失会偏大,VaR也会被偏大。


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