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On the Pricing of American Options under Stochastic Local Volatility and Stochastic Correlation via the RBSDE Framework

Long Teng
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In this work, we study the pricing of American options under stochastic local volatility (SLV) models extended by including stochastic correlation driven by an additional stochastic process. We generalize the class of SLV models by incorporating a flexible stochastic correlation structure. To price options within these extended models, we derive the corresponding reflected forward-backward stochastic differential equations (RBSDEs) and employ data-driven numerical methods to solve them for both pricing and hedging purposes. The RBSDE framework enables the modelling of the future evolution of the option price. Furthermore, we conduct a convergence analysis of the proposed numerical method and present numerical experiments that illustrate the performance of the extended models, as well as the accuracy and efficiency of the RBSDE-based approach.

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Long Teng. 2026-10-01. On the Pricing of American Options under Stochastic Local Volatility and Stochastic Correlation via the RBSDE Framework. https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.01187

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