Sumários

Problems and exercises

16 Novembro 2015, 10:00 João Guerra

Problems and exercises.


The Black-Scholes model

12 Novembro 2015, 11:30 João Guerra

The Black-Scholes model: the PDE approach.

The Black-Scholes partial differential equation  (PDE).

The Black-Scholes formula for the call option.

The Risk-neutral valuation formula

The five step method for the Black-Scholes model

Example: Black-Scholes formula for the call option deduced from the risk-neutral valuation formula.

 


Martingale Representation Theorem. Black-Scholes model

10 Novembro 2015, 08:00 João Guerra

Martingale representation theorem. Application to the Binomial model.

The 5 step method. Application to the Binomial model.

The Black-Scholes model main assumptions.


Recombining binomial model

9 Novembro 2015, 10:00 João Guerra

Pricing american options using the binomial model. Example for an american put option.

Continuous time models.

 

Complete and incomplete models.

 

Change of measures.

 

Equivalent probability measures.

 

The Cameron-Martin-Girsanov theorem.


Binomial model

5 Novembro 2015, 11:30 João Guerra

The Binomial model - the 2 period model and n-period model.

Examples.

The recombining Binomial model.

The state price deflator (or stochastic discount factor) approach.