<t>For your basic CRR tree with discrete dividends, I have 2 issues:1) Number of Steps > Number of Days to expiration => StepTime = Fraction of DaysFrom my Rate Curve, what rate do I use when both sides of the step fall on the same day?2) Number of Steps < Number of Days to expiration => StepTime > ...

<t>Why not just start with Put-Call Parity relationship of a listed market and make sure the calls line up with the synthetic calls (ie long Stock, long Put) and then make sure your call spreads are in line with your synthethic call spreads (short put spread) and then make sure your butterflys are a...

I apologize for the poor grammar in the last post

<t>Nope, I was trying to discern borrow (aka implied repo rate) on individual single stock option markets.I know my own funding rate. I was wondering if anyone was about to systematically break down the "implied rate" into separate dividend versus repo forces. I would like to get a more granular han...

Is there standard process to extract a market "implied div yield" separate and distinct from the market "implied borrow" of ther various terms and strikes of a given underlyingstock?

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