Path integral method for stochastic equations of financial engineering

Abstract

The integral path method was applied to determine certain stochastic variables which occur in problems of financial engineering. A stochastic variable was defined by a stochastic equation where drift and volatility are functions of a stochastic variable. As a result, for transition probability density, a path integral was built by substituting variables Wiener's path integral (Wiener's measure). For the stochastic equation, Ito rule was applied in order to interpret a stochastic integral. The path integral for transition probability density was also found as a result of the Fokker--Planck equation solution, corresponding to the stochastic equation. It was shown that these two approaches give equivalent results.