Barrier options#

Options that die or come alive when the price touches a level: Merton’s image solution, the Reiner-Rubinstein family of closed forms, double barriers and the correction for barriers checked only at discrete dates.

Merton’s down-and-out call

Merton's down-and-out call

Reiner-Rubinstein barrier options

Reiner-Rubinstein barrier options

Ikeda-Kunitomo double barriers

Ikeda-Kunitomo double barriers

Broadie-Glasserman-Kou discrete barriers

Broadie-Glasserman-Kou discrete barriers