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by lasershow
January 24th, 2011, 2:05 pm
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: QuantLib/Lua on iPhone
Replies: 2
Views: 22868

QuantLib/Lua on iPhone

<t>QuoteDo you personally see yourself using this on the go?Yes. I can see myself using this in various ways. In fact I use it quite regularly.Here are the way it could be used:1. Writing a whole script on the iphone. This, admittedly, is not the most comfortable way to do it. I'm guessing it would ...
by lasershow
January 24th, 2011, 12:47 am
Forum: Programming and Software Forum
Topic: QuantLib/Lua on iPhone
Replies: 2
Views: 22868

QuantLib/Lua on iPhone

I have almost completed my QuantLib/Lua program on the iPhone. Here is a video of pricing basic derivatives. QuantLib/Lua videoI'd like some feedback as I hope to put it on iTunes soon. I think there is now enough precedent to allow for such an app ( Lua on iPad )
by lasershow
October 27th, 2010, 1:12 pm
Forum: Brainteaser Forum
Topic: Expected number of balls to select
Replies: 6
Views: 26364

Expected number of balls to select

Your answer looks wrong.How do you get that?
by lasershow
October 26th, 2010, 1:53 pm
Forum: Brainteaser Forum
Topic: Expected number of balls to select
Replies: 6
Views: 26364

Expected number of balls to select

Hi I have this question. There is a huge urn with balls in 5 different colors. I pick one. What is the expected number of balls I need to pick to get a ball with the same color as the first ball in the following two cases:(i) each color is 20% of the balls.(ii) balls of color i occur with p_i.
by lasershow
October 14th, 2010, 1:48 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: JP Morgan quant interview help
Replies: 5
Views: 30061

JP Morgan quant interview help

I'd heard there's a non-trivial math and C++ test. Anywhere i can see samples of the question?
by lasershow
October 14th, 2010, 12:21 pm
Forum: Careers Forum
Topic: JP Morgan quant interview help
Replies: 5
Views: 30061

JP Morgan quant interview help

I am scheduled for an interview there in the next two weeks. What do I expects and how can I prepare?Thanks
by lasershow
February 27th, 2009, 12:01 am
Forum: Student Forum
Topic: Delta hedge for variance swap
Replies: 2
Views: 45168

Delta hedge for variance swap

<t>I am tasked with delta hedging a variance swap (actually, the replicating portfolio). In theory the delta should be zero, but there is talk of skew delta. I tried computing it using an analytic formula by Coulombe, Marini and Yesaya. The figures I got just did not make sense.Has anyone dealt with...