The Complete Guide to Option Pricing Formulas - Hardcover

Haug, Espen Gaardner

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786312408 ISBN 13: 9780786312405

Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 1997

Synopsis

When pricing options in todayÕs fast-action markets, you need quick access to precise facts and market-tested information. The Complete Guide to Options Pricing Formulas is the only authoritative, comprehensive reference to make the necessary set of option pricing tools available in one place. This invaluable reference work, which includes valuable software and ready-to-use programming code to enhance your understanding of the options pricing models discussed and their practical implementations, also gives you a complete listing of key options formulas, all in a dictionary format for ease of use; commentary from derivatives expert and author Espen Gaarder Haug that explains key points in the most important and useful formulas; practitioner-oriented formulas, and highlights of the latest options pricing research from major institutions worldwide; and much more! Invaluable for both experienced users and those learning how to use the tools of valuation, The Complete Guide to Options Pricing Formulas is the first and only book to place all of the research and information you need at your fingertips with precise directions on maximizing its real-world value.

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From the Back Cover

The first Sourcebook to Explain Every Important Option Pricing Formula. When pricing options in today's fast-action markets, experience and intuition are not longer enough. To protect your carefully planned positions, you need precise facts and tested information that has been proven time and again. The Complete Guide to Option Pricing Formulas is the first and only authoritative reference to contain every option pricing took you need, all in one handy volume: Black-Scholes, two asset binomial trees, implied trinomial trees, Vasiceck, exotics. Many important option pricing formulas are accompanied by computer code to assis in their use, understanding, and implementation. This invaluable, one-of-a-kind reference work gives you: a complete listing of key option formulas, all delivered in an easy-to-use dictionary format; Commentary that explains key points in the most important and useful formulas; Valuable software and ready-to-use programming code that enhances your understanding of option pricing models and their practical implementations; Practitioner-oriented formulas, and highlights of the latest option pricing research from major institutions worldwide; Pricing advances on commodity options like the Miltersen and Schwartz Model, exotic options such as extreme spread options and implied trinomial trees, and much more! Professionals who use options must have immediate access to reliable and complete option pricing formulas and information. The complete Guide to Option Pricing Formulas, an invaluable guide for both experienced users and those learning how to use the tools of valuation, is the first book to place all of the research and information you need at your fingertips. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Espen Gaarder Haug is a leading expert on derivatives theory and its practical implications. He has developed systems and tools for options and interest rate derivatives for the Chase Manhattan Bank Derivatives Research and Training Group (Europe), and also worked for several years in derivatives research and trading for Chemical Bank and Den Norske Bank. Haug is a greatly appreciated lecturer on derivatives in graduate finance programs and among practitioners. Further, he has published numerous articles on options in academic journals, including the Journal of Financial Engineering.

About the Author

Espen Gaarder Haug is a leading expert on derivatives theory and its practical implications. He has developed systems and tools for options and interest rate derivatives for the Chase Manhattan Bank Derivatives Research and Trading Group (Europe), and also worked for several years in derivatives research and trading for Chemical Bank and Dennorske Bank. Haug is a greatly appreciated lecturer on derivatives in graduate finance programs and among practitioners. Further, he has published numerous articles on options in academic journals, including the Journal of Financial Engineering.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0786312408
• ISBN 13: 9780786312405
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 232