Research Article

Pricing of Fixed-Strike Lookback Options on Assets with Default Risk

Table 4

Change in the relative errors for the Monte-Carlo simulation and the numerical solution by Finite Difference Method (FDM) against closed-form solution of VFSLCO with respect to the maximum value. The parameter values chosen are , , , , , , , , , and .

(Maximum value) Monte-Carlo simulation Closed-form solution Relative error 1

105 16.3114 16.4313 0.00729
110 17.3581 17.4566 0.00564
115 19.0328 19.1099 0.00403
120 21.2578 21.3139 0.00263

(Maximum value) Numerical Solution by FDM Closed-form solution Relative error 2

105 16.4541 16.4313 0.00138
110 17.4680 17.4566 0.00065
115 19.2008 19.1099 0.00475
120 21.4209 21.3139 0.00502