# Monte Carlo Multi-factor Short Rate Model Monte Carlo Multi-factor Short Rate Model The Monte Carlo Multi-factor Short Rate Mode has been used extensively in pricing a variety of interest rate derivative securities. The model assumes that short rates at reset times are lognormally distributed. Let *I* = \[0,*T*] , where *T* > 0, be an interval of time and let D*t = T/N*, where *N* is a positive integer, be an accrual period. We consider a model for *N* , D*t* - period short rates. Specifically let 0 0 = *t* < < *t* = *T N* 􀀀 , where *t i T i* = D , be an equally spaced partition of *I* . We are interested in the D*t* - period short rate at time equal to *ti* , which we denote by *ri* , for *i* = 1, ... , *N* . The FP short rate model derives from an underlying forward rate model. In particular let *f ti* , for *i* = 1,..., *N* , denote a D*t* - period forward rate, beginning at time equal to *ti* , as seen at time equal to *t* . Also let {*W*\_ *t I*} *ti* Î , for *i* = 1, ... , *N* , denote standard Brownian motion under a probability measure *Q* ; furthermore assume that the Brownian motions {*W*\_ *t I*} *ti* Î and {*W*\_ *t I*} *tj* Î , for *i*, *j* = 1,..., *N* , have instantaneous constant correlation equal to \_r*ij* . We assume that the process {*f t t* } *ti* Î\[0, ] , for *i* = 1, ... , *N* , satisfies a stochastic differential equation (SDE) of the form ![](file:///C:/Users/Xiao/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.png) where \_m*ti* and \_s*ti* denote piecewise constant drift and volatility terms (i.e., constant over each subinterval, \[*t* , *t* ) *j*-1 *j* , for *j* = 1, ... ,*i* ). We then set *r f i ti* = (*i* = 1,..., *N* ). Notice that *ri* is equal to ![](file:///C:/Users/Xiao/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image002.png) where *f i*0 is the D*t* - period forward rate beginning time equal to *ti* , as seen at time equal to zero, *Z i* is a standard normal random variable, . For consistency, we re-write (2) as the equivalent expression ![](file:///C:/Users/Xiao/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image003.png) FP assumes that short rates are lognormally distributed, of the form (3), under the probability measure *Q* . The model includes as input the initial term structure of forward rates (i.e., *f i* 0 , for *i N* = 1,..., ). The volatilities s*i* , for *i* = 1,..., *N* , in (3) are also supplied as inputs. Furthermore correlations for *Z i* and *Z i*+1 ( *i* = 1, ... , *N* ) are input and then combined with the volatilities s*i* ( *i* = 1, ... , *N* ), to construct a covariance matrix (under the measure *Q* ) for the random vector \[s s ] 1*W*1 *W NN T* ,..., . Let *P*( *j*, *i*) , for *i* = 1,..., *N* and *j* = 0, ...*i* , denote the price at time equal to *t j* of a bond with face value $1 at time equal to *ti* . Also let {*B i N*} *i* | = 0, ... , , where D , denote our money-market, numeraire process under *Q* . Then the Monte Carlo construction scales the short rate (3), for *i* = 1,..., *N* , so that all zero coupon bond prices, as seen at time equal to zero, are repriced, that is, *P i E.* Furthermore, *because this is a short rate model*, the martingale (no-arbitrage) condition is then *automatically* satisfied under *Q* (where *Fi* denotes the sigma algebra induced by *Wi* ,for *i* = 1,..., *N* ). Note that · all options are of European exercise type, · by the *correlation between adjacent LIBOR rates ri and ri*+1 ( *i* = 1, ... , *N* -1), we mean the correlation between the standard normal random variables *Z i* and *Z i*+1 described in Section 2, and, · by the *volatility for LIBOR rate ri* , we mean the value for the parameter s*i* In our terminology below, the payoff for a caplet with tenor *ti* (*i* = 1,..., *N* ) is defined equal to ![](file:///C:/Users/Xiao/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image005.png) where *ri* denotes the spot rate at time equal to *ti* and *X* denotes the strike; furthermore the payoff is received at time equal to *ti*+1 . Caplets were specified based on the following parameters : · short rate equal to three month LIBOR (see ), · tenor equal to three months, one year and three years, · initial forward rate term structure set · constant at 7%, 7.5% and 8%, and · linearly upward rising , initially at 7% , with .0025 increments every three months, · strike equal to 7%, 8% and 9%, · LIBOR rate volatility set constant at 10%, 25% and 50%, and · adjacent LIBOR rate correlation constant in the range of 90% to 99% inclusive. Caplets were benchmarked using Black’s model, that is, with constant volatility and with fixed discounting based on the initial term structure of forward rates; FP prices were based on 10,000 Monte Carlo paths. 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