Questions tagged [pricing]
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ETF Market Making
I understand market makers of ETFs earn a bid-ask spread (buying low from investors and selling high in the market). But how exactly do they determine when's the right time to buy, and at what price?
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CDS pricing using intensity models incorporating liquidity
I want to price a CDS using an intensity based model, but I want to account for liquidity as well.
General model: The default time $\tau$ is the first jump time of a cox process, and the survival ...
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FX Futures pricing formula
I'm reading Paul Wilmott's Introduces Quantitative Finance and stuck a bit with formula $F = S(t)e^{(r-r_f)(T-t)}$ for FX futures pricing. I don't get how to incorporate $r_f$ into the formula, could ...
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is there a specific design pattern in C# to model a yield curve into the NS model?
I successfully managed to have a nice NS model to a yield curve I am studying using R, while I am still beginner in C# I wonder if there is a specific design pattern I should follow in order to put ...
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Pricing eurodollar futures
How are Eurodollar futures priced in practice?
What I already know: The implied 3 Months rate by the futures is 100-price, since it matches the payoff. Using daily LIBOR rates, one should be able to ...
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Overlapping vs Non-overlapping returns
Suppose I want to estimate the following regression: $R_t=\alpha + \beta X_{t-1} +\epsilon_t$. Where I use asset returns as the dependent variable. Both overlapping as well as non-overlapping returns ...
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Problem at deriving Bachelier formula with interest rates
In the Bachelier model, I have difficulties with a certain step. I want to figure out the distribution of $S_T$, which is the price process in the Bachelier model.
So far I could state that ($\mathbb{...
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Equivalence of Put Pricing Formulas
I have to show that:
\begin{equation}
P_{t,T}(K)=e^{-r(T-t)} \int_0^{\infty}\left(K-S\right)^+ q_T^S(S)dS
\end{equation}
is equivalent to:
\begin{equation}
P_{t,T}(K)=e^{-r(T-t)}\int_{-\infty}^{...
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Black's Approximation - Discrete dividend for Put Options
I am currently trying to price and option chain for dividend paying stocks (american style exercise).
I am able to calculate the Net Present Value (NPV) of dividends until maturity and then apply ...
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Difference between modelValue from HestonModelHelper and NPV() from VanillaOption
I am trying to calibrate an Heston model and price vanilla option using Quantlib 1.15 and Python 2.7.
I use the following code
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Efficient market hypothesis vs random walk
I am having trouble to understand the distinction between the EMH and random walks.
If I understand correctly, the EMH states that all available information is incorporated into prices, which ...
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A crash course in pricing
I need to refresh all the pricing theory.
Is there anything like a crash course with practical and intuitive explanations?
I will provide any further information.
I am a mathematical engineer. I am ...
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Is there an asset pricing model that actually works? Can you point me to research that test APMs?
As far as I know there is no APM that is able to explain all stock market anomalies. However, my search for papers empirically test a set of widely accepted APMs was not very successful. I would like ...
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CDS, default probability and bond price
When we calculate the implied default probabilities from CDS, can we use that information to price bonds?
I am getting familiar with Fixed Income. I saw textbooks using implied default probabilities ...
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Pricing a transfer option for oil
Need some input in how to attack this problem. Given are 8 timeseries:
UK Oil price, Delivery Quarter 1 2020
UK Oil price, Delivery Quarter 2 2020
UK Oil price, Delivery Quarter 3 2020
UK Oil price, ...
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Transactional costs for shipping in % based on futures market price
Real case: Imagine I want to move an oil for one terminal to another.
I have about 20 +/- tanker companies, but all of them have max capacity on their top deadweight (DWCC) vessel about ...
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pricing deliverable vs non-deliverable fx forwards
I am trying to link these two questions together
Pricing a regular FX forward
This is a contract (say USD vs JPY) where you exchange 2 currencies at maturity at a pre-determined rate, while no ...
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Pricing a callable bond
I have read the Lehman Brother's paper on OAS which I mostly understand, they outline how to find the OAS for a callable bond of which the formula is effectively (ignoring refinancing costs):
Market ...
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How to calculate/estimate CLV for our odd subscription-based business model [closed]
I'm working on a school project where I and other group members come up with a business idea and write a paper containing all necessary information about the business, like the business model, revenue ...
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How to quantify the coupon effect?
I'm reading Moorad Choudhry's book "Advanced Fixed Income Analysis"
The first chapter briefly touches on the coupon effect which I understand from other sources is the effect of pricing an annuity (...
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Pricing in the Heston Model
The dynamics of the Heston Model is
\begin{align*}
\frac{dS}{S} & = \lambda \sqrt{\nu} d W^S \\[0.5em]
d \nu & = k (1- \nu )dt + \epsilon \sqrt{\nu} dW^\sigma
\end{align*}
where $\lambda$...
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Application of Itô's lemma - Forward process
How would be applied the itô's lemma in the following equation:
And we know that:
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Bond discounting conventions
during the preparation for my thesis, I've come across some strange discrepancies between literature and the information I've been taught.
It comes down to the proper way of discounting cash-flows of ...
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Preferred Stock pricing model
I am trying to build a model to price a preferred stock. I want to model the dividends as random payments. I can't find any papers online on the subject. Does anyone have a reference for me?
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Why Quantlib Option NPV does not change when repricing?
Trying to learn Quantlib with Python, please have a look at below code:
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Which methods are there to determine the price of futures contracts?
Which method apart from the cost of carry model exists, and which works best in real life? How does the market expectations impact on the futures price?
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FX Average Forward Pricing
Lookin for documentation on how to price FX Arithmetic Average Rate Forwards.
Couldn't find any info on textbooks.
Any help is very appreciated.
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ETF Replication
I have a question regarding the ETF replication methods. I know there are two main methods, namely physical and synthetic replications, but I would like to understand how an ETF trader can :
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Getting rate from a share's given futures price, with known dividend information
Question was answered by @Ezy - thanks!
This seems to be a basic question, but mysteriously unsolvable as far as I can see.
It concerns calculating the interest rate from a given stock futures ...
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About buying and selling a cumulative parisian options
I ask my question here because I want to know more about the cumulative Parisian options introduced by M. Chesney, Mr. Jeanblanc-Picué and Mr. Yor in 1997, then developed by Hugonnier in 1999 and F. ...
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VXX Put pricing
Last week at Friday's close, the Dec 14 37.5 Put options were selling for \$.68 with VXX at \$40.29. This week at Friday's close, the Dec 21 37.5 Put options were selling for \$.38 with VXX at \$40.50....
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Levy process and random measure
I am wondering if random measures are used under a Levy process and how this connects to finance (particularly pricing). Any paper or books for suggestions is welcomed.
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What is the value/price of a bond paying floating rate
I am going through J.C.Hull for swaps. Where he says we can value a swap using bonds. Let $B_{fl}$: value of floating rate bond, $L$ notional principal. Why is $B_{fl} = L$ just after a payment ? What ...
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Hedging with machine learning
I’ve been thinking about an interesting problem lately: Suppose I have a position in an exotic derivative. How can I automate the hedging process?
Traditionally, one build a pricing model and ...
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What discount rates should I use to price municipal bond with unknown market price
I have a payoff structure but I do not know the price of bond. The bond is municipal. What discount rates should I take for each period in order to calculate its fair price?
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Basic Replication of European Call Option
I am looking at the very basics of replicating an option with a portfolio of risky and risk free assets. As such we can define a portfolio of $x$ no. of shares, $y$ bonds & $z$ options at time $(T)...
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Spreadlock derivatives
I would like to price a spreadlock forward swap and a spreadlock swaption but I don't find in the web any research article. Would you please provide me with some freely accessible papers on the web ? ...
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Antithetic sampling on non-linear payoff?
If I wish to price an option with Monte Carlo using the standard GBM process, which have payoff
$(max(S-K,0))^2$
Why is it not suitable for a non-linear payoff?
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Question on volatility equation for CMS pricing
In "Full implications of CMS convexity (Cedervall and Piterbarg, 2012)", a.k.a. "CMS: covering all bases (idem)", the authors develop a CMS model equipped with an annuity mapping function which ...
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Kirk Approximation and Exercise Probability
I have a question about spread options.
I'm pricing a put option on two assets, with a strike value of 0:
$max(K-(F_1-F_2);0)=max(0-(F_1-F_2);0)=max(F_2-F_1;0)$
I know this kind of options could be ...
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What is the importance of alpha, beta, rho in the SABR volatility model?
I just read that SABR model is a stochastic volatility model, which attempts to capture the volatility smile in derivatives markets. The name stands for "stochastic alpha, beta, rho", referring to the ...
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amount of data - option pricer calibration
A practical question. When you calibrate an option pricer (whatever the model is), do you use data from several days or just one day (last trading day)? I noted some papers use data from one single ...
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How is this steel price implied based on enterprise value-to-Ebitda?
How was the steel price of $650 per ton calculated based on the forward-looking enterprise value-to-Ebitda in this Bloomberg news article?
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-23/tariff-...
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Where can I find free security and derivative pricing software?
I am looking for a free derivative valuation software that can compute value and sensitivities. It should be easy and straightforward to use, e.g., I can get results by supplying market data and trade ...
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Multi-currency CSA discounting curve construction
I have a number of eur/usd and gbp/usd MtM Basis swaps that are collaterized in USD. For the non-usd legs I'm constructing the muti-ccy csa discounting curve. Im using forwards for the short end of ...
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Confusion in forward contract pricing on a stock using the binomial model
In the financial engineering course I am taking we are studying how to use the binomial model to price derivatives, one of which is the forward. For this question it is related to a forward contract ...
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Pricing a double barrier option using Monte Carlo (C++ & Python code included)
I'm trying to price an option with upper and lower barriers using MC where the payoff is $B_u$ when $S_t > B_u$, $B_l$ when $S_t < B_l$ and $S_t$ when $B_l < S_t < B_u$.
I have written ...
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How to work out bond price given other bond prices?
I'm stuck on the following problem from a financial maths course, and was wondering whether anybody would be able to help me. I don't really know where to begin.
The following risk free bonds are ...
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Exposure calculation of a re-coupon swap
How to calculate the exposure of a recoupon swap (when the MTM of an i.r. swap is settled and the fixed rate is reset to the prevailing swap rate for the residual maturity).
It's used to reduce the ...
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Bootstrapping Quantlib RateHelper Python/C++ [closed]
I am pretty new in the Quant areaa and using Quantlib. I found the pretty good introductions concerning bootstrapping in the book QuantLib Python Cookbook by Luigi Ballabio. I wanted to understand the ...
