Static Replication of Barrier Options: Some General Results

25 Pages Posted: 19 May 2000

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Leif B. G. Andersen

Bank of America

Jesper Andreasen

Saxo Bank

David A. Eliezer

General Reinsurance Financial Products in New York

Date Written: February 2000

Abstract

This paper presents a number of new theoretical results for replication of barrier options through a static portfolio of European put and call options. Our results are valid for options with completely general knock-out/knock-in sets, and allow for time- and state-dependent volatility as well as discontinuous asset dynamics. We illustrate the theory with numerical examples and discuss the practical implementation.

JEL Classification: G12, G13

Suggested Citation

Andersen, Leif B.G. and Andreasen, Jesper and Eliezer, David A., Static Replication of Barrier Options: Some General Results (February 2000). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=220010 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.220010

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