The Convergence Rate of Option Prices in Trinomial Trees

We study the convergence of the binomial, trinomial, and more generally m-nomial tree schemes when evaluating certain European path-independent options in the Black–Scholes setting. To our knowledge, the results here are the first for trinomial trees. Our main result provides formulae for the coeffi...

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Main Author: Leduc, Guillaume (author)
Other Authors: Palmer, Kenneth (author)
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Leduc, G., & Palmer, K. (2023). The Convergence Rate of Option Prices in Trinomial Trees. Risks, 11(3), 52. https://doi.org/10.3390/risks11030052
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Option Pricing
Trinomial Tree
Asymptotic Expansion
Edgeworth Series
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description We study the convergence of the binomial, trinomial, and more generally m-nomial tree schemes when evaluating certain European path-independent options in the Black–Scholes setting. To our knowledge, the results here are the first for trinomial trees. Our main result provides formulae for the coefficients of 1/−−√ and 1/ in the expansion of the error for digital and standard put and call options. This result is obtained from an Edgeworth series in the form of Kolassa–McCullagh, which we derive from a recently established Edgeworth series in the form of Esseen/Bhattacharya and Rao for triangular arrays of random variables. We apply our result to the most popular trinomial trees and provide numerical illustrations.
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spelling The Convergence Rate of Option Prices in Trinomial TreesLeduc, GuillaumePalmer, KennethOption PricingTrinomial TreeAsymptotic ExpansionEdgeworth SeriesWe study the convergence of the binomial, trinomial, and more generally m-nomial tree schemes when evaluating certain European path-independent options in the Black–Scholes setting. To our knowledge, the results here are the first for trinomial trees. Our main result provides formulae for the coefficients of 1/−−√ and 1/ in the expansion of the error for digital and standard put and call options. This result is obtained from an Edgeworth series in the form of Kolassa–McCullagh, which we derive from a recently established Edgeworth series in the form of Esseen/Bhattacharya and Rao for triangular arrays of random variables. We apply our result to the most popular trinomial trees and provide numerical illustrations.MDPI2026-03-25T10:31:59Z2026-03-25T10:31:59Z2023-03-26Peer-ReviewedPublished versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdf2227-9091https://hdl.handle.net/11073/3326710.3390/risks11030052enLeduc, G., & Palmer, K. (2023). The Convergence Rate of Option Prices in Trinomial Trees. Risks, 11(3), 52. https://doi.org/10.3390/risks11030052Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/oai:repository.aus.edu:11073/332672026-03-26T05:13:27Z
spellingShingle The Convergence Rate of Option Prices in Trinomial Trees
Leduc, Guillaume
Option Pricing
Trinomial Tree
Asymptotic Expansion
Edgeworth Series
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title The Convergence Rate of Option Prices in Trinomial Trees
title_full The Convergence Rate of Option Prices in Trinomial Trees
title_fullStr The Convergence Rate of Option Prices in Trinomial Trees
title_full_unstemmed The Convergence Rate of Option Prices in Trinomial Trees
title_short The Convergence Rate of Option Prices in Trinomial Trees
title_sort The Convergence Rate of Option Prices in Trinomial Trees
topic Option Pricing
Trinomial Tree
Asymptotic Expansion
Edgeworth Series
url https://hdl.handle.net/11073/33267