## The Annals of Applied Probability

### Option pricing with linear market impact and nonlinear Black–Scholes equations

Gregoire Loeper

#### Abstract

We consider a model of linear market impact, and address the problem of replicating a contingent claim in this framework. We derive a nonlinear Black–Scholes equation that provides an exact replication strategy.

This equation is fully nonlinear and singular, but we show that it is well posed, and we prove existence of smooth solutions for a large class of final payoffs, both for constant and local volatility. To obtain regularity of the solutions, we develop an original method based on Legendre transforms.

The close connections with the problem of hedging with gamma constraints [SIAM J. Control Optim. 39 (2000) 73–96, Math. Finance 17 (2007) 59–80, Ann. Inst. H. Poincaré Anal. Non Linéaire 22 (2005) 633–666], with the problem of hedging under liquidity costs [Finance Stoch. 14 (2010) 317–341] are discussed. The optimal strategy and associated diffusion are related with the second-order target problems of [Ann. Appl. Probab. 23 (2013) 308–347], and with the solutions of optimal transport problems by diffusions of [Ann. Probab. 41 (2013) 3201–3240].

We also derive a modified Black–Scholes formula valid for asymptotically small impact parameter, and finally provide numerical simulations as an illustration.

#### Article information

Source
Ann. Appl. Probab., Volume 28, Number 5 (2018), 2664-2726.

Dates
Revised: July 2017
First available in Project Euclid: 28 August 2018

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aoap/1535443231

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1214/17-AAP1367

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3847970

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
06974762

#### Citation

Loeper, Gregoire. Option pricing with linear market impact and nonlinear Black–Scholes equations. Ann. Appl. Probab. 28 (2018), no. 5, 2664--2726. doi:10.1214/17-AAP1367. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aoap/1535443231

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