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by audetto
November 27th, 2003, 10:56 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Free C++ Compiler
Replies: 15
Views: 191203

Free C++ Compiler

Tu build a DLL in Borland C++ free compiler just pass the option -tWD to bcc32 or (if you need a multithread DLL) -tWMbyeaudetto
by audetto
November 20th, 2003, 10:33 am
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Hedging Worst Of Digital Options
Replies: 1
Views: 189654

Hedging Worst Of Digital Options

<t>Does anybody have an idea about hedging worst of digital options?These are options that pay 1 if all the indexes have a positive performance on the reference period.I think one could price them using a copula and getting marginal probability from prices of single index digital options on the same...
by audetto
October 17th, 2003, 6:23 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: performances of Java & C++
Replies: 5
Views: 189874

performances of Java & C++

<t>I would like to start a quantitative project in Java and I'm wondering if it is worth to.The problem is that I've often heard about a dramatic difference in performances between Java and C++ but I've never tested it.As I'm going to write some MonteCarlo code and PDE schemes, I think that speed wi...
by audetto
July 16th, 2003, 6:54 am
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Commodity world isn't risk neutral?
Replies: 25
Views: 192914

Commodity world isn't risk neutral?

<t>>i think the point is that in commodity models, hedging is done with futures rather than with the underlying. Oil is not liquid enough (in the >financial sense) to carry out delta hedging. I agree that there's no need to use the actual real world drift. you are right, and often sizes for oil cash...
by audetto
July 16th, 2003, 6:31 am
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Commodity world isn't risk neutral?
Replies: 25
Views: 192914

Commodity world isn't risk neutral?

<t>I was reading something about commodity models and I find often that the main model used for them is a one-factor mean reverting one.just like the standard BS, but with a drift equal to a (b-S) dtunder the "risk neutral measure".my question is: why don't we use standard risk neutral modelling, li...
by audetto
July 11th, 2003, 8:06 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Profiling in MSVC 6.0
Replies: 1
Views: 189458

Profiling in MSVC 6.0

<t>Hi everybody,I'm having a problem with the profiler of MSVC 6.0.I remember that I had to fix an bug in the installation to have the profiler entry on the build menu enabled, but I don't remember how.Now I've installed Visual Studio on a different PC and I don't know how to fix the bug.I think it ...
by audetto
June 24th, 2003, 7:08 am
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Mean Reversion Jump diffusion Process (MRJD)
Replies: 24
Views: 197022

Mean Reversion Jump diffusion Process (MRJD)

Hi Anita,would it be possible to receive a copy of your thesis...?here's my address andrea.odetti@bpv.itthanks a lot!ciaoandrea
by audetto
May 28th, 2003, 6:49 am
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Correlating distributions
Replies: 9
Views: 191227

Correlating distributions

I can't unerstand how to compute the distribution of the multivariate normal copula.I can't do a 10-dimensional numerical integral...
by audetto
May 26th, 2003, 12:06 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Correlating distributions
Replies: 9
Views: 191227

Correlating distributions

Maybe you are right... I need normal copula but I have no idea about a numerical procedure tu compute it... I don't think it is an archimedean copula, isn't it?thanksandrea
by audetto
May 19th, 2003, 9:30 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Build Release in MSVC++
Replies: 13
Views: 191295

Build Release in MSVC++

What is BoundsChecker?
by audetto
May 19th, 2003, 9:29 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Build Release in MSVC++
Replies: 13
Views: 191295

Build Release in MSVC++

A lot of exceptions.I mean: I use a lot of "throws", "try" and "catch". Could it be a problem?
by audetto
May 16th, 2003, 3:11 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Build Release in MSVC++
Replies: 13
Views: 191295

Build Release in MSVC++

<t>I did it and it seems that the bad option is "Frame-Pointer Omission" /OyNow, I would like to remove this option not from the entire project but only from some file using #pragma ...but I don't know how to find the point where there is the error. I tried to look at the map file but it is not so e...
by audetto
May 16th, 2003, 12:53 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Build Release in MSVC++
Replies: 13
Views: 191295

Build Release in MSVC++

it's an optimization error.........I've set in MSVC++ in the optimisation tab "Disable (Debug)" and now my code works very well?what could I do?thankaudetto
by audetto
May 16th, 2003, 11:12 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Build Release in MSVC++
Replies: 13
Views: 191295

Build Release in MSVC++

<t>Hi,I would like to have your opinion about a strage fact that araises when I try to build a release version of my XLL.In the debug release all works fine, but when I execute the build release I get Access Violation Errors and I don't know how to find the place where the error occurredany ideaaude...
by audetto
May 12th, 2003, 8:24 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Is there a VBA source for Levenberg-Marquardt ?
Replies: 12
Views: 191928

Is there a VBA source for Levenberg-Marquardt ?

I think that the Reference for Levenberg-Marquardt is in "netlib" www.netlib.org in the packet "minpack" but it is in fortran...