%0 Journal Article
%T Option pricing under stochastic volatility: the exponential Ornstein-Uhlenbeck model
%A Josep Perello
%A Ronnie Sircar
%A Jaume Masoliver
%J Physics
%D 2008
%I arXiv
%R 10.1088/1742-5468/2008/06/P06010
%X We study the pricing problem for a European call option when the volatility of the underlying asset is random and follows the exponential Ornstein-Uhlenbeck model. The random diffusion model proposed is a two-dimensional market process that takes a log-Brownian motion to describe price dynamics and an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck subordinated process describing the randomness of the log-volatility. We derive an approximate option price that is valid when (i) the fluctuations of the volatility are larger than its normal level, (ii) the volatility presents a slow driving force toward its normal level and, finally, (iii) the market price of risk is a linear function of the log-volatility. We study the resulting European call price and its implied volatility for a range of parameters consistent with daily Dow Jones Index data.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/0804.2589v2