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Algorithmic market making for options

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In this article, we tackle the problem of a market maker in charge of a book of options on a single liquid underlying asset. By using an approximation of the portfolio in terms of its vega, we show that the seemingly high-dimensional stochastic optimal control problem of an option market maker is in fact tractable. More precisely, when volatility is modeled using a classical stochastic volatility model—e.g. the Heston model—the problem faced by an option market maker is characterized by a low-dimensional functional equation that can be solved numerically using a Euler scheme along with interpolation techniques, even for large portfolios. In order to illustrate our findings, numerical examples are provided.

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hal-03252585 , version 1 (07-06-2021)

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Bastien Baldacci, Philippe Bergault, Olivier Guéant. Algorithmic market making for options. Quantitative Finance, 2021, 21 (1), pp.85-97. ⟨10.1080/14697688.2020.1766099⟩. ⟨hal-03252585⟩
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