Efficient valuation method for the SABR model

Abstract

In this article, we show how the scaling symmetry of the SABR model can be utilized to efficiently price European options. For special kinds of payoffs, the complexity of the problem is reduced by one dimension. For more generic payoffs, instead of solving the 1+2 dimensional SABR PDE, it is sufficient to solve $N_V$ uncoupled 1+1 dimensional PDE's, where $N_V$ is the number of points used to discretize one dimension. Furthermore, the symmetry argument enables us to obtain prices of multiple options, whose payoffs are related to each other by convolutions, by valuing one of them. The results of the method are compared with the Monte Carlo simulation.