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by kri
July 28th, 2004, 6:23 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: UvA --MIF ?
Replies: 2
Views: 180396

UvA --MIF ?

yes what do u want to know?
by kri
July 23rd, 2004, 8:04 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: volatility models
Replies: 11
Views: 182343

volatility models

hi guys ,thanx for ur helpwhat i ve done sofar is take the atm option and 25% otm options and 2 far otm options and interpolate from there seems to give good prices.
by kri
July 22nd, 2004, 11:13 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: volatility models
Replies: 11
Views: 182343

volatility models

the purpose of the model is to get better prices and delta, what i would like to know is if a model gives better prices than the ones in the market.
by kri
July 22nd, 2004, 6:48 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Dispersion trading
Replies: 1
Views: 181193

Dispersion trading

search for dispersion trading in the technical forum
by kri
July 21st, 2004, 6:53 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: volatility models
Replies: 11
Views: 182343

volatility models

just a "better" model to price vanilla options.since all options are quoted on the screen, I thought interpolation would be usefull and relatively simple to do . a collegue thinks a model is better but i dont see why.
by kri
July 20th, 2004, 2:08 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: volatility models
Replies: 11
Views: 182343

volatility models

hi all,I was wondering what is better to determine the volatility smile for listed equity options: use a volatility model or an interpolation method like eg cubic splines
by kri
July 20th, 2004, 12:50 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Vega or Gamma position
Replies: 6
Views: 182369

Vega or Gamma position

short gamma long vega = short the short term options and long the longer term options
by kri
July 16th, 2004, 5:58 am
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Implied Divs versus Implied Borrow from US Listed Equity Option Markets
Replies: 4
Views: 182667

Implied Divs versus Implied Borrow from US Listed Equity Option Markets

you can extract div from the price of a synthetic