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NAG Toolbox: nag_specfun_opt_bsm_greeks (s30ab)
Purpose
nag_specfun_opt_bsm_greeks (s30ab) computes the European option price given by the Black–Scholes–Merton formula together with its sensitivities (Greeks).
Syntax
[
p,
delta,
gamma,
vega,
theta,
rho,
crho,
vanna,
charm,
speed,
colour,
zomma,
vomma,
ifail] = s30ab(
calput,
x,
s,
t,
sigma,
r,
q, 'm',
m, 'n',
n)
[
p,
delta,
gamma,
vega,
theta,
rho,
crho,
vanna,
charm,
speed,
colour,
zomma,
vomma,
ifail] = nag_specfun_opt_bsm_greeks(
calput,
x,
s,
t,
sigma,
r,
q, 'm',
m, 'n',
n)
Description
nag_specfun_opt_bsm_greeks (s30ab) computes the price of a European call (or put) option together with the Greeks or sensitivities, which are the partial derivatives of the option price with respect to certain of the other input parameters, by the Black–Scholes–Merton formula (see
Black and Scholes (1973) and
Merton (1973)). The annual volatility,
, risk-free interest rate,
, and dividend yield,
, must be supplied as input. For a given strike price,
, the price of a European call with underlying price,
, and time to expiry,
, is
and the corresponding European put price is
and where
denotes the cumulative Normal distribution function,
and
The option price is computed for each strike price in a set , , and for each expiry time in a set , .
References
Black F and Scholes M (1973) The pricing of options and corporate liabilities Journal of Political Economy 81 637–654
Merton R C (1973) Theory of rational option pricing Bell Journal of Economics and Management Science 4 141–183
Parameters
Compulsory Input Parameters
- 1:
– string (length ≥ 1)
-
Determines whether the option is a call or a put.
- A call; the holder has a right to buy.
- A put; the holder has a right to sell.
Constraint:
or .
- 2:
– double array
-
must contain
, the th strike price, for .
Constraint:
, where , the safe range parameter, for .
- 3:
– double scalar
-
, the price of the underlying asset.
Constraint:
, where , the safe range parameter.
- 4:
– double array
-
must contain
, the th time, in years, to expiry, for .
Constraint:
, where , the safe range parameter, for .
- 5:
– double scalar
-
, the volatility of the underlying asset. Note that a rate of 15% should be entered as 0.15.
Constraint:
.
- 6:
– double scalar
-
, the annual risk-free interest rate, continuously compounded. Note that a rate of 5% should be entered as 0.05.
Constraint:
.
- 7:
– double scalar
-
, the annual continuous yield rate. Note that a rate of 8% should be entered as 0.08.
Constraint:
.
Optional Input Parameters
- 1:
– int64int32nag_int scalar
-
Default:
the dimension of the array
x.
The number of strike prices to be used.
Constraint:
.
- 2:
– int64int32nag_int scalar
-
Default:
the dimension of the array
t.
The number of times to expiry to be used.
Constraint:
.
Output Parameters
- 1:
– double array
-
.
contains , the option price evaluated for the strike price at expiry for and .
- 2:
– double array
-
.
The leading
part of the array
delta contains the sensitivity,
, of the option price to change in the price of the underlying asset.
- 3:
– double array
-
.
The leading
part of the array
gamma contains the sensitivity,
, of
delta to change in the price of the underlying asset.
- 4:
– double array
-
.
, contains the first-order Greek measuring the sensitivity of the option price to change in the volatility of the underlying asset, i.e., , for and .
- 5:
– double array
-
.
, contains the first-order Greek measuring the sensitivity of the option price to change in time, i.e., , for and , where .
- 6:
– double array
-
.
, contains the first-order Greek measuring the sensitivity of the option price to change in the annual risk-free interest rate, i.e., , for and .
- 7:
– double array
-
.
, contains the first-order Greek measuring the sensitivity of the option price to change in the annual cost of carry rate, i.e., , for and , where .
- 8:
– double array
-
.
, contains the second-order Greek measuring the sensitivity of the first-order Greek to change in the volatility of the asset price, i.e., , for and .
- 9:
– double array
-
.
, contains the second-order Greek measuring the sensitivity of the first-order Greek to change in the time, i.e., , for and .
- 10:
– double array
-
.
, contains the third-order Greek measuring the sensitivity of the second-order Greek to change in the price of the underlying asset, i.e., , for and .
- 11:
– double array
-
.
, contains the third-order Greek measuring the sensitivity of the second-order Greek to change in the time, i.e., , for and .
- 12:
– double array
-
.
, contains the third-order Greek measuring the sensitivity of the second-order Greek to change in the volatility of the underlying asset, i.e., , for and .
- 13:
– double array
-
.
, contains the second-order Greek measuring the sensitivity of the first-order Greek to change in the volatility of the underlying asset, i.e., , for and .
- 14:
– int64int32nag_int scalar
unless the function detects an error (see
Error Indicators and Warnings).
Error Indicators and Warnings
Errors or warnings detected by the function:
-
-
On entry, was an illegal value.
-
-
Constraint: .
-
-
Constraint: .
-
-
Constraint: and .
-
-
Constraint: and .
-
-
Constraint: .
-
-
Constraint: .
-
-
Constraint: .
-
-
Constraint: .
-
-
Constraint: .
-
An unexpected error has been triggered by this routine. Please
contact
NAG.
-
Your licence key may have expired or may not have been installed correctly.
-
Dynamic memory allocation failed.
Accuracy
The accuracy of the output is dependent on the accuracy of the cumulative Normal distribution function,
. This is evaluated using a rational Chebyshev expansion, chosen so that the maximum relative error in the expansion is of the order of the
machine precision (see
nag_specfun_cdf_normal (s15ab) and
nag_specfun_erfc_real (s15ad)). An accuracy close to
machine precision can generally be expected.
Further Comments
None.
Example
This example computes the price of a European put with a time to expiry of years, a stock price of and a strike price of . The risk-free interest rate is per year and the volatility is per year.
Open in the MATLAB editor:
s30ab_example
function s30ab_example
fprintf('s30ab example results\n\n');
put = 'p';
s = 55;
sigma = 0.3;
r = 0.1;
q = 0;
x = [60];
t = [0.7];
[p, delta, gamma, vega, theta, rho, crho, vanna, charm, speed, colour, ...
zomma, vomma, ifail] = s30ab( ...
put, x, s, t, sigma, r, q);
fprintf('\nBlack-Scholes-Merton formula\n European Call :\n');
fprintf(' Spot = %9.4f\n', s);
fprintf(' Volatility = %9.4f\n', sigma);
fprintf(' Rate = %9.4f\n', r);
fprintf(' Dividend = %9.4f\n\n', q);
fprintf(' Time to Expiry : %8.4f\n', t(1));
fprintf('%8s%9s%9s%9s%9s%9s%9s%9s\n','Strike','Price','Delta','Gamma',...
'Vega','Theta','Rho','CRho');
fprintf('%8.4f%9.4f%9.4f%9.4f%9.4f%9.4f%9.4f%9.4f\n\n', x(1), p(1,1), ...
delta(1,1), gamma(1,1), vega(1,1), theta(1,1), rho(1,1), crho(1,1));
fprintf('%26s%9s%9s%9s%9s%9s\n','Vanna','Charm','Speed','Colour',...
'Zomma','Vomma');
fprintf('%17s%9.4f%9.4f%9.4f%9.4f%9.4f%9.4f\n\n', ' ', vanna(1,1), ...
charm(1,1), speed(1,1), colour(1,1), zomma(1,1), vomma(1,1));
s30ab example results
Black-Scholes-Merton formula
European Call :
Spot = 55.0000
Volatility = 0.3000
Rate = 0.1000
Dividend = 0.0000
Time to Expiry : 0.7000
Strike Price Delta Gamma Vega Theta Rho CRho
60.0000 6.0245 -0.4770 0.0289 18.3273 -0.7014 -22.5811 -18.3639
Vanna Charm Speed Colour Zomma Vomma
0.2566 -0.2137 -0.0006 0.0215 -0.0972 -0.6816
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