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Recall the celebrated Black-Scholes equation
Recall the celebrated '''Black-Scholes equation'''
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\frac{\partial V}{\partial t} + \frac{1}{2} \sigma^2 S^2 \frac{\partial^2 V}{\partial S^2} + (r - q) S \frac{\partial V}{\partial S} - r V = 0.
\frac{\partial V}{\partial t} + \frac{1}{2} \sigma^2 S^2 \frac{\partial^2 V}{\partial S^2} + (r - q) S \frac{\partial V}{\partial S} - r V = 0.
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Here
* <math>V(S, t)</math> is the price of the option;
* <math>S(t)</math> is the price of the underlying asset at time $t$;
* <math>\sigma</math> is the volatility &mdash; the standard deviation of the asset's returns;
* <math>r</math> is the annualized risk-free interest rate, continuously compounded;
* <math>q</math> is the annualized (continuous) dividend yield.

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Recall the celebrated Black-Scholes equation

Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \frac{\partial V}{\partial t} + \frac{1}{2} \sigma^2 S^2 \frac{\partial^2 V}{\partial S^2} + (r - q) S \frac{\partial V}{\partial S} - r V = 0. }

Here

  • Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle V(S, t)} is the price of the option;
  • is the price of the underlying asset at time $t$;
  • Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \sigma} is the volatility — the standard deviation of the asset's returns;
  • Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle r} is the annualized risk-free interest rate, continuously compounded;
  • Failed to parse (MathML with SVG or PNG fallback (recommended for modern browsers and accessibility tools): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle q} is the annualized (continuous) dividend yield.
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