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by SebastianJansen
February 12th, 2012, 8:15 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Question regarding wilmott paper
Replies: 3
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Question regarding wilmott paper

Oo.... indeed.... thanks a lot...
by SebastianJansen
February 11th, 2012, 9:04 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Question regarding wilmott paper
Replies: 3
Views: 14502

Question regarding wilmott paper

<r>Hey there,i have a quick question regarding a transformation in one of the papers of the articles section (Which Free Lunch woould you like today, sir?)On page 66, they are deducing the mark to market profit of a delta hedged option position, which has been priced with an implied vol sigma_{i} (w...
by SebastianJansen
December 10th, 2011, 12:39 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Mean-Variance optimization
Replies: 6
Views: 17291

Mean-Variance optimization

<t>i havent looked at your spreadsheet, but if you say you havent done anything wrong, my first guess would be that the matrix could be nearly-singular in your calculation;are you checking such problems in your calculation? Had some trouble when doing minvar optimization via matlab with near-singula...
by SebastianJansen
December 10th, 2011, 12:32 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Variance of Stock Returns
Replies: 4
Views: 16328

Variance of Stock Returns

Isnt there a mathematical argumentation for estimating stock price return zero when evaluating e.g. var swaps? Something like Girsanovs theorem and saying change of measure has influence on expected value but not on variance?
by SebastianJansen
October 29th, 2011, 7:43 am
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: To Paper: Which Free Lunch Would You Like Today, Sir?:
Replies: 9
Views: 19731

To Paper: Which Free Lunch Would You Like Today, Sir?:

Right... Thank you for your help!
by SebastianJansen
October 25th, 2011, 6:44 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: To Paper: Which Free Lunch Would You Like Today, Sir?:
Replies: 9
Views: 19731

To Paper: Which Free Lunch Would You Like Today, Sir?:

Wilmott Paper says it should be exactly (V^a-V^i)
by SebastianJansen
October 25th, 2011, 12:46 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: To Paper: Which Free Lunch Would You Like Today, Sir?:
Replies: 9
Views: 19731

To Paper: Which Free Lunch Would You Like Today, Sir?:

Hi,i am actually trying to comprehend some of the formulas from the paper, and get some different results...e.g. Page 66 the bottom right integral Does anyone see my mistake?Thx a lot!