#!/usr/bin/env python """Run a Monte-Carlo options pricer in parallel.""" from IPython.kernel import client import numpy as np from mcpricer import price_options # The MultiEngineClient is used to setup the calculation and works with all # engine. mec = client.MultiEngineClient(profile='mycluster') # The TaskClient is an interface to the engines that provides dynamic load # balancing at the expense of not knowing which engine will execute the code. tc = client.TaskClient(profile='mycluster') # Initialize the common code on the engines. This Python module has the # price_options function that prices the options. mec.run('mcpricer.py') # Define the function that will make up our tasks. We basically want to # call the price_options function with all but two arguments (K, sigma) # fixed. def my_prices(K, sigma): S = 100.0 r = 0.05 days = 260 paths = 100000 return price_options(S, K, sigma, r, days, paths) # Create arrays of strike prices and volatilities nK = 10 nsigma = 10 K_vals = np.linspace(90.0, 100.0, nK) sigma_vals = np.linspace(0.1, 0.4, nsigma) # Submit tasks to the TaskClient for each (K, sigma) pair as a MapTask. # The MapTask simply applies a function (my_prices) to the arguments: # my_prices(K, sigma) and returns the result. taskids = [] for K in K_vals: for sigma in sigma_vals: t = client.MapTask(my_prices, args=(K, sigma)) taskids.append(tc.run(t)) print "Submitted tasks: ", len(taskids) # Block until all tasks are completed. tc.barrier(taskids) # Get the results using TaskClient.get_task_result. results = [tc.get_task_result(tid) for tid in taskids] # Assemble the result into a structured NumPy array. prices = np.empty(nK*nsigma, dtype=[('ecall',float),('eput',float),('acall',float),('aput',float)] ) for i, price_tuple in enumerate(results): prices[i] = price_tuple prices.shape = (nK, nsigma) K_vals, sigma_vals = np.meshgrid(K_vals, sigma_vals) def plot_options(sigma_vals, K_vals, prices): """ Make a contour plot of the option price in (sigma, K) space. """ from matplotlib import pyplot as plt plt.contourf(sigma_vals, K_vals, prices) plt.colorbar() plt.title("Option Price") plt.xlabel("Volatility") plt.ylabel("Strike Price")