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eagles_dare13
Obsidian | Level 7

Is there a way to simulate data points that have been drawn from a Geometric Brownian Motion (Weiner Process)?

I am looking at this function:SAS(R) 9.2 Language Reference: Dictionary, Fourth Edition

But I don't see an option for a Weiner process.

I know the Black Scholes internally simulates a Weiner process but is it possible to see what a set of 10,000 numbers drawn from a Weiner process looks like?

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Rick_SAS
SAS Super FREQ

I'll show you the standard Weiner process (mean=0, std dev=1) and you can generalize it if necessary.

A reference is https://me.ucsb.edu/~moehlis/APC591/tutorials/tutorial7/node2.html

The key observation is that the STEP SIZES of the Weiner process are Gaussian distribution, so you can use the RAND function in the DATA step to simulate the step sizes. In SAS/IML, you can use the RANDGEN or RANDFUN functions to generate the normally distributed step sizes.

proc iml;
/* simulate N time steps from Weiner process on interval [0,Tf] */
N = 1000;
Tf = 5;
call randseed(12345);

/* algorithm: step sizes are normally distributed */
N = N-1;              /* X(0)=0, so N-1 random values */
dt = Tf/N;
sd = sqrt(dt);
steps = randfun(N, "Normal", 0, sd); /* random step sizes */
x = 0 // cusum(steps);               /* X(0)=0 */

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TomKari
Onyx | Level 15

I suggest you post this under the "SAS Statistical Procedures" and "SAS/IML Software and Matrix Computations" forums, I think you'll be more likely to catch the eye of someone familiar with this topic.


Tom

AnnaBrown
Community Manager

Thanks Tom! eagles_dare13, I moved this thread to the SAS/IML community.

Anna

Rick_SAS
SAS Super FREQ

I'll show you the standard Weiner process (mean=0, std dev=1) and you can generalize it if necessary.

A reference is https://me.ucsb.edu/~moehlis/APC591/tutorials/tutorial7/node2.html

The key observation is that the STEP SIZES of the Weiner process are Gaussian distribution, so you can use the RAND function in the DATA step to simulate the step sizes. In SAS/IML, you can use the RANDGEN or RANDFUN functions to generate the normally distributed step sizes.

proc iml;
/* simulate N time steps from Weiner process on interval [0,Tf] */
N = 1000;
Tf = 5;
call randseed(12345);

/* algorithm: step sizes are normally distributed */
N = N-1;              /* X(0)=0, so N-1 random values */
dt = Tf/N;
sd = sqrt(dt);
steps = randfun(N, "Normal", 0, sd); /* random step sizes */
x = 0 // cusum(steps);               /* X(0)=0 */

eagles_dare13
Obsidian | Level 7

Thank you. I copied your code but am getting:

ERROR: Invocation of unresolved module RANDFUN

Rick_SAS
SAS Super FREQ

Then replace that line with

steps = j(N,1);

call randgen(steps, "Normal", 0, sd); /* random step sizes */

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