Download or read book Option Pricing with Maximum Entropy Densities written by Omid M. Ardakani and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entropy pricing applies notions of information theory to derive the theoretical value of options. This paper employs the maximum entropy formulation of option pricing, given risk-neutral moment constraints computed directly from the observed prices. First, higher-order moments are used to generate option prices. Then a generalization of Shannon entropy, known as Renyi entropy, is studied to account for extreme events. This maximum entropy problem provides a class of heavy-tailed distributions. Examples and Monte Carlo simulations are provided to examine the effects of moment constraints on option prices. The call option values are then constructed using daily S&P 500 index options. The findings suggest that entropy pricing with higher-order moment constraints provides higher forecasting accuracy.