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by mossin
November 25th, 2003, 3:09 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Market premium of risk
Replies: 2
Views: 189505

Market premium of risk

Is it improbable to set the market premium of risk equal to zero for the interest rate process? For a stock price process it is, but for interest rates I have seen both positive and negative premiums!
by mossin
November 25th, 2003, 11:08 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Which probabilities? Trinomial Hull-White tree
Replies: 3
Views: 189587

Which probabilities? Trinomial Hull-White tree

Nobody that can help me? This is not so complicated????
by mossin
November 24th, 2003, 3:22 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Volatilities in caps!
Replies: 3
Views: 189516

Volatilities in caps!

What is iterative calibration?
by mossin
November 24th, 2003, 11:27 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Volatilities in caps!
Replies: 3
Views: 189516

Volatilities in caps!

<t>I try to price caps and floors. I have used the market model and a trinomial tree suggested by Hull-White. I have problem with understanding volatilities. In the Market model or Blacks formula I use a yearly volatility of 24 % and multiply with square rot of time. Then I try to convert this volat...
by mossin
November 24th, 2003, 11:21 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Which probabilities? Trinomial Hull-White tree
Replies: 3
Views: 189587

Which probabilities? Trinomial Hull-White tree

<t>I implemented the Hull-White trinomial tree. I will calculate some expected interest rates, but I do not know which probabilities I have calculated? These probabilities are not under the real measure P, so we must correct them to find real expected interest rates?? And how can I correct the proba...
by mossin
November 9th, 2003, 2:47 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Hull-White Interest Rate Tree Matlab
Replies: 7
Views: 194070

Hull-White Interest Rate Tree Matlab

Anyone that can help me????
by mossin
November 3rd, 2003, 2:14 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Caps and floors, the best way of modeling?
Replies: 2
Views: 189682

Caps and floors, the best way of modeling?

I am going to price a cap, and in that connection I have some questions:* What is the "best" process for the interest rate?* How should I program it?* What are the most used models in practice?Thanks
by mossin
October 31st, 2003, 2:33 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Hull-White Interest Rate Tree Matlab
Replies: 7
Views: 194070

Hull-White Interest Rate Tree Matlab

The model with equal time step. And by the way is it much complicated to program a two-factor model?
by mossin
October 29th, 2003, 4:32 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Hull-White Interest Rate Tree Matlab
Replies: 7
Views: 194070

Hull-White Interest Rate Tree Matlab

HeyYou promised me a Matlab code, but did not come back!!!Someone else that can help? I have big trouble programming all the different situations that can happen.
by mossin
October 21st, 2003, 3:41 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: Hull-White Interest Rate Tree Matlab
Replies: 7
Views: 194070

Hull-White Interest Rate Tree Matlab

Hey!I wonder if one can find matlab or visual basic code for implementing Hull - White trinomial interest rate tree?Trond