WIAS Preprint No. 926, (2004)

Iterative construction of the optimal Bermudan stopping time


Authors

  • Kolodko, Anastasia
  • Schoenmakers, John G. M.
    ORCID: 0000-0002-4389-8266

2010 Mathematics Subject Classification

  • 62L15 65C05 91B228

Keywords

  • Bermudan options, optimal stopping, Monte Carlo simulation, LIBOR market model

DOI

10.20347/WIAS.PREPRINT.926

Abstract

We present an iterative procedure for computing the optimal Bermudan stopping time. We prove convergence and, as a consequence, the method allows for approximation of the Snell envelope from below. By using duality, we then deduce a convergent procedure for approximating the Snell envelope from above as well. We provide numerical examples for Bermudan swaptions in the context of a LIBOR market model.

Appeared in

  • Finance and Stochastics, Volume 10, Number 1 (Jan. 2006), pp. 27 - 49

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