# option-pricing

### options - European turbo warrants

I haven't encountered them, but if you mean " * _Hebel-Zertifikate_* " as defined on Wikipedia they just seem to be leveraged certificates with an obligatory stop-loss knock-out. Those turbo warrants... Read More

### options - Mathematical underpinnings of the square root of time rule

For any process with independent increments, by the very fact of statistical independence the variance of $x{t3}-x{t1}$ is going to be the sum of the variances of $x{t2}-x{t1}$ and $x{t3}-x{t2}$ for... Read More

### Option on a dice game

I would use the following arguments: If the option were on the first throw of the dice, then we would price it using the expectation, which is $3.5$ (= $(1+2+\cdots+6)/6$. Now we have a 2 stage game:... Read More

### Which approach is better for modeling option exercise strategies, rational or behavioral?

honestly your question is hard to understand. Are these two questions the same? "Does fitting sub-optimal option exercise strategies to market data yield better option values?" "which modeling appro... Read More

### Multithreading Monte-Carlo pricing in QuantLib for a single product

Yes, it can work. However, keep in mind that: you'll be safer if you don't share any objects between threads; see my answer here, in particular the last point; even if you use different seeds, there... Read More

### option pricing - What tools are used to numerically solve differential equations in Quantitative Finance?

Except in highly unusual cases, financial PDEs lack analytic solutions. The mathematical tools used are Monte Carlo, plus the usual ones for solving PDEs on grids, almost always one of the following:... Read More

### liquidity - illiquid american options pricing

For a non-listed company you usually have a poor idea of the share value. If you do not know the underlying price it is impossible to accurately estimate the option price. So, for cases like this, pe... Read More