Acceleration of option pricing technique on graphics processing units

Bowen Zhang*, Cornelis W. Oosterlee

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The acceleration of an option pricing technique based on Fourier cosine expansions on the graphics processing unit (GPU) is reported. European options, in particular with multiple strikes, and Bermudan options will be discussed. The influence of the number of terms in the Fourier cosine series expansion, the number of strikes, as well as the number of exercise dates for Bermudan options is explored. We also give details about the different ways of implementing on a GPU. Numerical examples include asset price processes on the basis of a Lévy process of infinite activity and the stochastic volatility Heston model. Furthermore, we discuss the issue of precision on the present GPU systems.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1626-1639
Number of pages14
JournalConcurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience
Volume26
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Jun 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Fourier cosine expansions
  • graphics processing units implementation
  • jump and stochastic volatility processes
  • option pricing
  • options with multiple strikes
  • Riccati ODEs

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