/* -*- mode: c++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */ /* Copyright (C) 2003 Neil Firth Copyright (C) 2002, 2003 Ferdinando Ametrano Copyright (C) 2002, 2003 Sadruddin Rejeb Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 RiskMap 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 mcdigitalengine.hpp \brief digital option Monte Carlo engine */ #ifndef quantlib_digital_mc_engine_hpp #define quantlib_digital_mc_engine_hpp #include #include #include #include #include #include namespace QuantLib { //! Pricing engine for digital options using Monte Carlo simulation /*! Uses the Brownian Bridge correction for the barrier found in Going to Extremes: Correcting Simulation Bias in Exotic Option Valuation - D.R. Beaglehole, P.H. Dybvig and G. Zhou Financial Analysts Journal; Jan/Feb 1997; 53, 1. pg. 62-68 and Simulating path-dependent options: A new approach - M. El Babsiri and G. Noel Journal of Derivatives; Winter 1998; 6, 2; pg. 65-83 \ingroup vanillaengines \test the correctness of the returned value in case of cash-or-nothing at-hit digital payoff is tested by reproducing known good results. */ template class MCDigitalEngine : public MCVanillaEngine { public: typedef typename MCVanillaEngine::path_generator_type path_generator_type; typedef typename MCVanillaEngine::path_pricer_type path_pricer_type; typedef typename MCVanillaEngine::stats_type stats_type; // constructor MCDigitalEngine(Size timeSteps, Size timeStepsPerYear, bool brownianBridge, bool antitheticVariate, bool controlVariate, Size requiredSamples, Real requiredTolerance, Size maxSamples, BigNatural seed); protected: // McSimulation implementation boost::shared_ptr pathPricer() const; }; //! Monte Carlo digital engine factory template class MakeMCDigitalEngine { public: MakeMCDigitalEngine(); // named parameters MakeMCDigitalEngine& withSteps(Size steps); MakeMCDigitalEngine& withStepsPerYear(Size steps); MakeMCDigitalEngine& withBrownianBridge(bool b = true); MakeMCDigitalEngine& withSamples(Size samples); MakeMCDigitalEngine& withTolerance(Real tolerance); MakeMCDigitalEngine& withMaxSamples(Size samples); MakeMCDigitalEngine& withSeed(BigNatural seed); MakeMCDigitalEngine& withAntitheticVariate(bool b = true); MakeMCDigitalEngine& withControlVariate(bool b = true); // conversion to pricing engine operator boost::shared_ptr() const; private: bool antithetic_, controlVariate_; Size steps_, stepsPerYear_, samples_, maxSamples_; Real tolerance_; bool brownianBridge_; BigNatural seed_; }; class DigitalPathPricer : public PathPricer { public: DigitalPathPricer( const boost::shared_ptr& payoff, const boost::shared_ptr& exercise, const Handle& discountTS, const boost::shared_ptr& diffProcess, const PseudoRandom::ursg_type& sequenceGen); Real operator()(const Path& path) const; private: boost::shared_ptr payoff_; boost::shared_ptr exercise_; boost::shared_ptr diffProcess_; PseudoRandom::ursg_type sequenceGen_; Handle discountTS_; }; // template definitions template MCDigitalEngine::MCDigitalEngine(Size timeSteps, Size timeStepsPerYear, bool brownianBridge, bool antitheticVariate, bool controlVariate, Size requiredSamples, Real requiredTolerance, Size maxSamples, BigNatural seed) : MCVanillaEngine(timeSteps, timeStepsPerYear, brownianBridge, antitheticVariate, controlVariate, requiredSamples, requiredTolerance, maxSamples, seed) {} template inline boost::shared_ptr::path_pricer_type> MCDigitalEngine::pathPricer() const { boost::shared_ptr payoff = boost::dynamic_pointer_cast( this->arguments_.payoff); QL_REQUIRE(payoff, "wrong payoff given"); boost::shared_ptr exercise = boost::dynamic_pointer_cast( this->arguments_.exercise); QL_REQUIRE(exercise, "wrong exercise given"); boost::shared_ptr process = boost::dynamic_pointer_cast( this->arguments_.stochasticProcess); QL_REQUIRE(process, "Black-Scholes process required"); TimeGrid grid = this->timeGrid(); PseudoRandom::ursg_type sequenceGen(grid.size()-1, PseudoRandom::urng_type(76)); return boost::shared_ptr< QL_TYPENAME MCDigitalEngine::path_pricer_type>( new DigitalPathPricer(payoff, exercise, process->riskFreeRate(), process, sequenceGen)); } template inline MakeMCDigitalEngine::MakeMCDigitalEngine() : antithetic_(false), controlVariate_(false), steps_(Null()), stepsPerYear_(Null()), samples_(Null()), maxSamples_(Null()), tolerance_(Null()), brownianBridge_(false), seed_(0) {} template inline MakeMCDigitalEngine& MakeMCDigitalEngine::withSteps(Size steps) { steps_ = steps; return *this; } template inline MakeMCDigitalEngine& MakeMCDigitalEngine::withStepsPerYear(Size steps) { stepsPerYear_ = steps; return *this; } template inline MakeMCDigitalEngine& MakeMCDigitalEngine::withSamples(Size samples) { QL_REQUIRE(tolerance_ == Null(), "tolerance already set"); samples_ = samples; return *this; } template inline MakeMCDigitalEngine& MakeMCDigitalEngine::withTolerance(Real tolerance) { QL_REQUIRE(samples_ == Null(), "number of samples already set"); QL_REQUIRE(RNG::allowsErrorEstimate, "chosen random generator policy " "does not allow an error estimate"); tolerance_ = tolerance; return *this; } template inline MakeMCDigitalEngine& MakeMCDigitalEngine::withMaxSamples(Size samples) { maxSamples_ = samples; return *this; } template inline MakeMCDigitalEngine& MakeMCDigitalEngine::withSeed(BigNatural seed) { seed_ = seed; return *this; } template inline MakeMCDigitalEngine& MakeMCDigitalEngine::withBrownianBridge(bool brownianBridge) { brownianBridge_ = brownianBridge; return *this; } template inline MakeMCDigitalEngine& MakeMCDigitalEngine::withAntitheticVariate(bool b) { antithetic_ = b; return *this; } template inline MakeMCDigitalEngine& MakeMCDigitalEngine::withControlVariate(bool b) { controlVariate_ = b; return *this; } template inline MakeMCDigitalEngine::operator boost::shared_ptr() const { QL_REQUIRE(steps_ != Null() || stepsPerYear_ != Null(), "number of steps not given"); QL_REQUIRE(steps_ == Null() || stepsPerYear_ == Null(), "number of steps overspecified"); return boost::shared_ptr(new MCDigitalEngine(steps_, stepsPerYear_, brownianBridge_, antithetic_, controlVariate_, samples_, tolerance_, maxSamples_, seed_)); } } #endif