Table 6

Comparison of MBRT–CRRA and LSM–CRRA to value an American call γ vs K

K//gamma−0.9−0.500.50.9
minMeanmaxminMeanmaxminMeanmaxminMeanmaxminMeanmax
5 5.479*  5.377*  5.242*  5.095*  5.000* 
5.4925.5135.5535.3365.395.4455.2145.2645.3285.0325.1245.1985.0135.0465.072
7.5 3.379*  3.184*  2.893*  2.523*  2.500* 
3.3823.4053.4463.1873.2013.2232.8392.9022.962.5132.5522.5842.4982.5032.514
10 1.698*  1.437*  1.040*  0.529*  0.105* 
1.6261.7061.781.4451.4661.5020.9851.0471.0790.5170.5380.5670.1020.110.123
12.5 0.692*  0.485*  0.227*  0.034*  0.000* 
0.7150.7310.7570.450.4940.5360.220.2350.2580.0330.0370.04000
15 0.240*  0.131*  0.034*  0.000*  0.000* 
0.2370.2620.30.1360.150.1770.0250.0380.0490.0010.0010.002000

Note(s): In each case of strike value, the first row shows the value of the MBRT–CRRA premium (*), while the second row reports the minimum, mean and maximum values obtained from the LSM–CRRA method across 50 repetitions

Source(s): Authors’ own elaboration

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