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by edelweiss
July 20th, 2007, 12:31 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Break up of forign currency convertible bond
Replies: 1
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Break up of forign currency convertible bond

<t>Is it possible to price a foreign currency convertible bond (FCCB) by breaking into straight bond and option?for example - i tried to break plain vanilla FCCB be broken into straight bond price and option price.I got the bond price which is PV of redemption value. But I am not able to get option ...
by edelweiss
March 23rd, 2007, 12:08 pm
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Profit and loss of Plain vanilla option - Black scholes
Replies: 0
Views: 76974

Profit and loss of Plain vanilla option - Black scholes

<t>assume that I have sold plain vanilla call option on stock (assume no leverage) and doing delta hedging using black scholes. I am simulating prices to analyse my PnL. Problem 1what should be my profit and loss as a seller ?I think it should be risk free rate on portfolio (premium recd. - avg. del...
by edelweiss
January 4th, 2007, 3:24 am
Forum: Numerical Methods Forum
Topic: Options VaR
Replies: 7
Views: 92048

Options VaR

Is there any discussion forum/Link for the 'Delta-Gamma four ways'? I could not get the link of you are referring to... Thanks.
by edelweiss
December 29th, 2006, 9:57 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: prices follow which distribution
Replies: 2
Views: 83348

prices follow which distribution

<t>I have a series of prices. how can I figure out the the prices are lognomally distributed or they follow some other distribution?Is there any good material to find out various types of distribution?My problem is that if I am assuming lognormal distribution of the prices and actually prices are no...
by edelweiss
December 29th, 2006, 8:28 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: portfolio delta
Replies: 2
Views: 83441

portfolio delta

how can I calculate delta of a porfolio consisting of options in 5 different stocks?Should I add delta in value terms?Should I adjust delta value of each stock with some adjustment factor like beta?
by edelweiss
October 28th, 2006, 7:42 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Goldman Sachs Research Paper 1994, Pricing Convertible Bonds
Replies: 10
Views: 170936

Goldman Sachs Research Paper 1994, Pricing Convertible Bonds

can anyone forward me the papermy email id is: monsieur_sandy@hotmail.com