Details

In the upper graph, the dashed red line represents the approximation of the early exercise boundary. It is constructed according to the quadratic approximation analytical method [1]. The light blue area shows where the asset price is expected to be in the future according to the GBM model, at the selected "GBM confidence level". Only one for every 10 GBM paths is shown in the graph.

The left lower graph shows the events of early exercise per time step (before the expiry of the option) as you increase the number of GBM paths.

The right lower graph shows the American put convergence as you increase the number of GBM paths. The horizontal dashed black line represents the estimate of the American put at , according to the quadratic approximation analytical method [1].

Reference

[1] G. Barone–Adesi and R. Whaley, "Efficient Analytic Approximation of American Option Values," Journal of Finance, 42(2), 1987 pp. 301–320.