The Bjerksund-Stensland model is a key method for pricing American options. It helps investors determine optimal times for exercising options with dividends considered.

The valuation of financial derivatives continues to evolve, with option pricing models remaining a cornerstone of modern quantitative finance. Traditional frameworks, such as the Black–Scholes model, ...

Deep learning is increasingly used in financial modeling, but its lack of transparency raises risks. Using the well-known Heston option pricing model as a benchmark, researchers show that global ...

Learn About an Important Method for Valuing Derivatives and Other Assets Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). Timothy ...

Our method for call options is summarised in the following algorithm: (1) We device the time interval into the grid 0≡t_0<t_1<...<t_n≡T and let D_0,D_1...,D_n be some values for the underlying asset ...

Implied volatility is a powerful but often misunderstood metric that plays a major role in options trading. Implied volatility doesn’t tell you what’s going to happen to an option’s price, but it ...

Fuzzy set theory has emerged as a powerful tool to address the inherent imprecisions and uncertainties in financial modelling, notably in option pricing. By incorporating fuzziness into conventional ...

Options derive their value from an underlying asset, typically a stock, and their price, known as the premium, is influenced by factors ranging from the present share price to the time left until ...

Option pricing is calculated using the Black-Scholes model, which takes four influential factors into account: the price of an underlying stock (assuming constant drift and volatility), an option’s ...

IN DECEMBER 2004, FASB ISSUED ITS NEWEST standard, Statement no. 123(R), Share-Based Payment. It is proving to be as controversial as its predecessors. The most significant change is the requirement ...