On the timing option in a futures contract

Biagini, Francesca und Björk, Tomas (2007): On the timing option in a futures contract. In: Mathematical Finance, Bd. 17, Nr. 2: S. 267-283

Abstract

The timing option embedded in a futures contract allows the short position to decide when to deliver the underlying asset during the last month of the contract period. In this paper we derive, within a very general incomplete market framework, an explicit model independent formula for the futures price process in the presence of a timing option. We also provide a characterization of the optimal delivery strategy, and we analyze some concrete examples.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Mathematik, Informatik und Statistik > Mathematik > Finanz- und Versicherungsmathematik
• Themengebiete: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 510 Mathematik
• ISSN: 0960-1627
• Sprache: Englisch