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Mathematics in Finance. Binomial model of options pricing. Derivatives - Options. Give the holder the right to buy or sell the underlying at a certain date for a certain price. (European options) Right to buy call option Right to sell put option Payoff function Cash settlement
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Mathematics in Finance Binomial model of options pricing.
Derivatives - Options Give the holder the right to buy or sell the underlying at a certain date for a certain price. (European options) • Right to buy call option • Right to sell put option • Payoff function • Cash settlement • Exchanges: AMEX, CBOT, Eurex, LIFFE, EOE, ...
IV Derivatives - Options Example 1: Long Call on stock S with strike K=32, maturity T, price P=10. Payoff function: f(S) = max(0,S(T) – K)
underlying maturity strike volatility Option value Interest rate dividends
Problem: How can options be priced? • Modelling • Black-Scholes • Solving partial differential equations • Monte-Carlo simulation • ...
Binomial n-period method Algorithm for binomial method
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