TY - JOUR T1 - A simple analytical and numerical approach for pricing compound options AU - D. Ding, C. K. Leong & X. Q. Jin JO - Numerical Mathematics, a Journal of Chinese Universities VL - 4 SP - 367 EP - 374 PY - 2006 DA - 2006/11 SN - 15 DO - http://doi.org/ UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/nm/8043.html KW - AB - A compound option is simply an option on an option. In this short paper, by using a martingale technique, we obtain an analytical formula for pricing compound European call options. Numerical results are given to explain some economic phenomenon.