The Jump Size Distribution of the Commodity Spot Price and Its Effect on Futures and Option Prices
In this paper, we analyze the role of the jump size distribution in the US natural gas prices when valuing natural gas futures traded at New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) and we observe that a jump-diffusion model always provides lower errors than a diffusion model. Moreover, we also show that al...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2017-01-01
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Series: | Abstract and Applied Analysis |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3286549 |