ON THE VALUATION OF DERIVATIVES WITH SNAPSHOT RESET FEATURES

Eric C. K. Yu () and William T. Shaw ()
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Eric C. K. Yu: London Diversified Fund Management, 3rd Floor, 10 Grosvenor Street, London, W1K 4QB, UK
William T. Shaw: Department of Mathematics, King's College London, The Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, UK

International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Finance (IJTAF), 2008, vol. 11, issue 08, 905-941

Abstract: We propose a general approach that requires only a simple change of variable that keeps the valuation of call and put options (convertible bonds) with strike (conversion) price resets two-dimensional in the classical Black–Scholes setting. A link between reset derivatives, compound options and "discrete barrier" type options, when there is one reset is then discussed, from which we analyze the risk characteristics of reset derivatives, which can be significantly different from their vanilla counterparts. We also generalize the prototype reset structure and show that the delta and gamma of a convertible bond with reset can both be negative. Finally, we show that the "waviness" property found in the delta and gamma of some reset derivatives is due to the discontinuous nature of the reset structure, which is closely linked to digital options.

Keywords: Strike/conversion price reset; refix; moneyness; similarity reduction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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