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by mrankit07
December 9th, 2009, 3:08 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Vega of the Portfolio
Replies: 2
Views: 33406

Vega of the Portfolio

<t>I have the portfolio of options of a stocks expiring in different calendar months. I want to calculate the vega of the portfolio.The way I do it now is just add the vega for all the option. However, I believe its not the right way to do it to see the vega of the portfolio as sum of all the vega's...
by mrankit07
December 3rd, 2009, 8:40 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Solver for ATM volatilities
Replies: 7
Views: 33578

Solver for ATM volatilities

@Avt .. Yes thats what I meant. I guess Nelson-Siegel could be a solution for my problem. Could you direct me to the place where i can learn about its implementation and an example how it works.
by mrankit07
December 3rd, 2009, 7:34 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Solver for ATM volatilities
Replies: 7
Views: 33578

Solver for ATM volatilities

<t>One of the parameter for constructing the Theoretical vol curve for my pricing model is to supply ATm vol for every month which is trading. Once i have these ATM vol i use to run Solver which gives me the indication like for if I have ATM vol for some month lower or higher as predicted by Solver....
by mrankit07
December 3rd, 2009, 6:48 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Solver for ATM volatilities
Replies: 7
Views: 33578

Solver for ATM volatilities

<t>The problem is not computing the implied vols. Its like 1 have set of ATM vols and i use Solver that fits the curve on these ATM vols. I do that so i get to know if I am running ATM vols for some month higher/Lower than it should be . What solver does it is it tries to optimize the given set of v...
by mrankit07
December 3rd, 2009, 6:16 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Solver for ATM volatilities
Replies: 7
Views: 33578

Solver for ATM volatilities

<t>Hi,I have ATM vols for different calendar months and I have been using excel solver to fit curve for ATM term structure. Recently, It became little noisy and I started exploring some other way to do so but not able to find anything concrete . I would appreciate if you can provide any info on it. ...
by mrankit07
October 6th, 2009, 2:03 pm
Forum: Technical Forum
Topic: Volatility Skew/Term Structure
Replies: 2
Views: 36246

Volatility Skew/Term Structure

<t>Hi,I am trying to figure out is there any kind of closed form solution which can quantify the relationship between skews of different months or vol curve for different calendar months of Options. I change my Vol surface/Skews through out the Day based on market prices. Though I believe there coul...
by mrankit07
December 18th, 2007, 1:48 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Credit Suisse, IT Quant Interview
Replies: 11
Views: 67192

Credit Suisse, IT Quant Interview

Hi,I have this super day on 20th. Could you please tell me wat all kind of questions they have asked you??wat abt the maths questions.. from wat all topics??
by mrankit07
December 6th, 2007, 9:46 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Credit Suisse, IT Quant Interview
Replies: 11
Views: 67192

Credit Suisse, IT Quant Interview

by mrankit07
December 6th, 2007, 9:45 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: Credit Suisse, IT Quant Interview
Replies: 11
Views: 67192

Credit Suisse, IT Quant Interview

HI Guys!I am suppose to have a super day fro IT quant associate position. I am pursuing ms in FE and my background and work ex is in IT. What Kind of questions can i expect. I would really appreciate if somebody can help me regarding the preparation.