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by vitasoy
March 28th, 2004, 7:29 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Help on trading strategies for derivative instruments
Replies: 3
Views: 190011

Help on trading strategies for derivative instruments

<t>Greetings to everyone,I am currently taking a course in Treasurey management and would like to know the various trading strategies involved.eg, when do we short put, long put, short call, long call ... etcAny books to recommend on those? Like what are the strategies and flip side involved.As for ...
by vitasoy
March 28th, 2004, 7:23 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Martingale approach of option pricing
Replies: 2
Views: 189960

Martingale approach of option pricing

musiela rutkowski 's martingale methods in financial modelling
by vitasoy
March 22nd, 2004, 7:43 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: derivation of closed form for barrier option
Replies: 6
Views: 190493

derivation of closed form for barrier option

Hi, where can i find that paper?thanks
by vitasoy
March 21st, 2004, 5:11 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: derivation of closed form for barrier option
Replies: 6
Views: 190493

derivation of closed form for barrier option

<t>Help!! I am at a loss on how to do thisQuestion : Option Pricing and Integration Consider a basic European Barrier Knock Up and In Call, whose price is given by the expectation call = exp ^(-rT) E[0,ST -K]+ for all ST >BWherer = local interest rateST = price at maturity time TK = strike price B =...
by vitasoy
March 16th, 2004, 8:31 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Solving DE
Replies: 4
Views: 189645

Solving DE

<t>Thanks, however I am solving this problem where I havedXo = r dtdx1 = adt + c dbt and X1(0) = x1Here I am wondering how to price the American put and call option .Coming back on the differential equation.How do we solve the following de?a p"(x) + bxp'(x) +cp(x) = 0?Thanks. Just need to solve this...
by vitasoy
March 13th, 2004, 5:02 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Solving DE
Replies: 4
Views: 189645

Solving DE

Hi I am new here and would like to find out how to solve the followind DE.(ax^2+bx+c)p'(x) + (dx+e)p''(x)=0
by vitasoy
March 4th, 2004, 2:26 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Recommended books for Maths for finance
Replies: 3
Views: 189929

Recommended books for Maths for finance

thinking of either Phd in finance or econometrics.
by vitasoy
March 3rd, 2004, 5:57 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Recommended books for Maths for finance
Replies: 3
Views: 189929

Recommended books for Maths for finance

<t>Hi I am trying to dip my fingers and prepare myself for Phd . Was wondering what are the standard recommended mathematics text for 1) Econometrics / Time Series 2) stochastic calculus 3) probability theory. For me I am using oksendal's book currently for this term for stochastic calculusI learnt ...
by vitasoy
March 1st, 2004, 9:41 am
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Anyone here doing Phd finance from switzerland
Replies: 0
Views: 189289

Anyone here doing Phd finance from switzerland

Hi I am interested in doing a Phd finance in Switzerland in particular zurich or FAME.I have a few questions :1. How much does one need to survive in switzerland per year?2. Does one get to work there after graduation?3. Why did you choose there?Thank you and Regards
by vitasoy
March 1st, 2004, 1:12 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Brownian Mechanics
Replies: 7
Views: 190043

Brownian Mechanics

ok will take a look at those thx.
by vitasoy
February 29th, 2004, 2:55 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: what should a physicist do to prepare to swich to finance?
Replies: 40
Views: 194390

what should a physicist do to prepare to swich to finance?

Actually if you look under careers, sometimes orgtel just look for Phd in Physics, astro physics w/o prior experiencesso I guess actually you are more than able to switch to finance. From the forums posted by Orgtel
by vitasoy
February 27th, 2004, 11:23 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Opinions on different DEA
Replies: 18
Views: 192217

Opinions on different DEA

sorry what is the difference between DEA , MFE or PHD ?
by vitasoy
February 27th, 2004, 11:21 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Will I be a quant?
Replies: 7
Views: 190584

Will I be a quant?

Hi I would like to find out where did you obtain your Phd and how long did you take?I like your Mphil course. Was thinking of adding a Probability theory to it.I am doing a MFE and doing stochastic calculus at the moment.
by vitasoy
February 25th, 2004, 6:50 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Phd finance at Zurich/ Insead / Cass
Replies: 2
Views: 189957

Phd finance at Zurich/ Insead / Cass

<t>i mean phd finance in insead, zurich as compared to the american universities and also on the job market.My understanding is that phd in finance is more flexible but having looked at orgtel and huxley's requirementi felt that a phd in finance might be a waste of time.Rather a phd in physics is mo...
by vitasoy
February 25th, 2004, 5:34 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Brownian Mechanics
Replies: 7
Views: 190043

Brownian Mechanics

<t>wasn't thinking abt differentiation or integrationsince most of the random processes in finance are modelled by brownian motionso what happens when a brownian motion experiences some external force ( in newtonian mechanics it is f=ma)now this force we can translate it to an event say 9/11 in fina...
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