March 16th, 2006, 4:11 pm
Hull has a good example of simulating stock price changesΔS = μSΔt + σSε √Δt change in price = mean x Price x time delta + volatility x Price x srt(t) + norminv(rand(),0,1)I am just learning and therefore confused (i) Are mean, μ and volatility σ calculated on the time series or on the absolute daily price changes, or the log of daily price changes.(ii) Can this model be applied to interest rates? Again how should μ and σ be calculated? Is it valid to substitue the intrest rate level I, for S ?(iii) if the timeseries is daily is Δt = 1/365 or 1/number of business days e.g 250An example for interest rates would be much appreviated Thank You