/* -*- mode: c++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */ /* Copyright (C) 2003 Ferdinando Ametrano Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003 Sadruddin Rejeb Copyright (C) 2006 StatPro Italia srl This file is part of QuantLib, a free-software/open-source library for financial quantitative analysts and developers - http://quantlib.org/ QuantLib is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the QuantLib license. You should have received a copy of the license along with this program; if not, please email . The license is also available online at . This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the license for more details. */ /*! \file exercise.hpp \brief Option exercise classes and payoff function */ #ifndef quantlib_exercise_type_h #define quantlib_exercise_type_h #include #include namespace QuantLib { //! Base exercise class class Exercise { public: enum Type { American, Bermudan, European }; // constructor explicit Exercise(Type type) : type_(type) {} virtual ~Exercise() {} // inspectors Type type() const { return type_; } Date date(Size index) const { return dates_[index]; } //! Returns all exercise dates const std::vector& dates() const { return dates_; } Date lastDate() const { return dates_.back(); } protected: std::vector dates_; Type type_; }; //! Early-exercise base class /*! The payoff can be at exercise (the default) or at expiry */ class EarlyExercise : public Exercise { public: EarlyExercise(Type type, bool payoffAtExpiry = false) : Exercise(type), payoffAtExpiry_(payoffAtExpiry) {} bool payoffAtExpiry() const { return payoffAtExpiry_; } private: bool payoffAtExpiry_; }; //! American exercise /*! An American option can be exercised at any time between two predefined dates; the first date might be omitted, in which case the option can be exercised at any time before the expiry. \todo check that everywhere the American condition is applied from earliestDate and not earlier */ class AmericanExercise : public EarlyExercise { public: AmericanExercise(const Date& earliestDate, const Date& latestDate, bool payoffAtExpiry = false); AmericanExercise(const Date& latestDate, bool payoffAtExpiry = false); }; //! Bermudan exercise /*! A Bermudan option can only be exercised at a set of fixed dates. \todo it would be nice to have a way for making a Bermudan with one exercise date equivalent to an European */ class BermudanExercise : public EarlyExercise { public: BermudanExercise(const std::vector& dates, bool payoffAtExpiry = false); }; //! European exercise /*! A European option can only be exercised at one (expiry) date. */ class EuropeanExercise : public Exercise { public: EuropeanExercise(const Date& date); }; } #endif