In this note, we prove that under some minor conditions on $\sigma$, if a martingale $X_t = \int_0^t \sigma_u dW_u $ satisfies, for every given pair $u \geq 0, \, \xi \geq 0$, $X_{u+\xi}-X_u{\mathop{=}^{\mathrm{(law)}}} X_{\xi},$ then necessarily, $|\sigma_u|$ is a constant and X is a constant...

This paper presents an original probabilistic method for the numerical computations of Greeks (i.e. price sensitivities) in finance. Our approach is based on the {\it integration-by-parts} formula, which lies at the core of the theory of variational stochastic calculus, as developed in the...

This paper is the sequel of Part I [1], where we showed how to use the so-called Malliavin calculus in order to devise efficient Monte-Carlo (numerical) methods for Finance. First, we return to the formulas developed in [1] concerning the "greeks" used in European options, and we answer to the...

We consider the pricing of derivatives written on the discretely sampled realized variance of an underlying security. In the literature, the realized variance is usually approximated by its continuous-time limit, the quadratic variation of the underlying log-price. Here, we characterize the...