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Preface

1 Introduction to Derivative Instruments

 1.1 Financial Options and Their Trading Strategies

1.1.1 Trading Strategies Involving Options

 1.2 Rational Boundaries for Option Values

1.2.1 Effects of Dividend Payments

1.2.2 Put-Call Parity Relations

1.2.3 Foreign Currency Options

 1.3 Forward and Futures Contracts

1.3.1 Values and Prices of Forward Contracts

1.3.2 Relation between Forward and Futures Prices

 1.4 Swap Contracts

1.4.1 Interest Rate Swaps

1.4.2 Currency Swaps

 1.5 Problems

2 Financial Economics and Stochastic Calculus

 2.1 Single Period Securities Models

2.1.1 Dominant Trading Strategies and Linear Pricing Measures

2.1.2 Arbitrage Opportunities and Risk Neutral Probability Measures

2.1.3 Valuation of Contingent Claims

2.1.4 Principles of Binomial Option Pricing Model

 2.2 Filtrations, Martingales and Multiperiod Models

2.2.1 Information Structures and Filtrations

2.2.2 Conditional Expectations and Martingales

2.2.3 Stopping Times and Stopped Processes

2.2.4 Multiperiod Securities Models

2.2.5 Multiperiod Binomial Models

 2.3 Asset Price Dynamics and Stochastic Processes

2.3.1 Random Walk Models

2.3.2 Brownian Processes

 2.4 Stochastic Calculus: Ito's Lemma and Girsanov's Theorem

2.4.1 Stochastic Integrals

2.4.2 Ito's Lemma and Stochastic Differentials

2.4.3 Ito's Processes and Feynman-Kac Representation Formula

2.4.4 Change of Measure: Radon-Nikodym Derivative and Girsanov's Theorem.

 2.5 Problems

3 Option Pricing Models: Blaek-Scholes-Merton Formulation

 3.1 Black-Scholes-Merton Formulation

3.1.1 Riskless Hedging Principle

3.1.2 Dynamic Replication Strategy

3.1.3 Risk Neutrality Argument

 3.2 Martingale Pricing Theory

3.2.1 Equivalent Martingale Measure and Risk Neutral Valuation

3.2.2 Black-Scholes Model Revisited

 3.3 Black-Scholes Pricing Formulas and Their Properties

3.3.1 Pricing Formulas for European Options

3.3.2 Comparative Statics

 3.4 Extended Option Pricing Models

3.4.1 Options on a Dividend-Paying Asset

3.4.2 Futures Options

3.4.3 Chooser Options

3.4.4 Compound Options

3.4.5 Merton's Model of Risky Debts

3.4.6 Exchange Options

3.4.7 Equity Options with Exchange Rate Risk Exposure

 3.5 Beyond the Black-Scholes Pricing Framework

3.5.1 Transaction Costs Models

3.5.2 Jump-Diffusion Models

3.5.3 Implied and Local Volatilities

3.5.4 Stochastic Volatility Models

 3.6 Problems

4 Path Dependent Options

 4.1 Barrier Options

4.1.1 European Down-and-Out Call Options

4.1.2 Transition Density Function and First Passage Time Density

4.1.3 Options with Double Barriers

4.1.4 Discretely Monitored Barrier Options

 4.2 Lookback Options

4.2.1 European Fixed Strike Lookback Options

4.2.2 European Floating Strike Lookback Options

4.2.3 More Exotic Forms of European Lookback Options

4.2.4 Differential Equation Formulation

4.2.5 Discretely Monitored Lookback Options

 4.3 Asian Options.

4.3.1 Partial Differential Equation Formulation

4.3.2 Continuously Monitored Geometric Averaging Options

4.3.3 Continuously Monitored Arithmetic Averaging Options

4.3.4 Put-Call Parity and Fixed-Floating Symmetry Relations

4.3.5 Fixed Strike Options with Discrete Geometric Averaging

4.3.6 Fixed Strike Options with Discrete Arithmetic Averaging

 4.4 Problems

5 American Options

 5.1 Characterization of the Optimal Exercise Boundaries

5.1.1 American Options on an Asset Paying Dividend Yield

5.1.2 Smooth Pasting Condition.

5.1.3 Optimal Exercise Boundary for an American Call

5.1.4 Put-Call Symmetry Relations.

5.1.5 American Call Options on an Asset Paying Single Dividend

5.1.6 One-Dividend and Multidividend American Put Options

 5.2 Pricing Formulations of American Option Pricing Models

5.2.1 Linear Complementarity Formulation

5.2.2 Optimal Stopping Problem

5.2.3 Integral Representation of the Early Exercise Premium

5.2.4 American Barrier Options

5.2.5 American Lookback Options

 5.3 Analytic Approximation Methods

5.3.1 Compound Option Approximation Method

5.3.2 Numerical Solution of the Integral Equation

5.3.3 Quadratic Approximation Method

 5.4 Options with Voluntary Reset Rights

5.4.1 Valuation of the Shout Floor

5.4.2 Reset-Strike Put Options

 5. 5Problems

6 Numerical Schemes for Pricing Options

 6.1 Lattice Tree Methods

6.1.1 Binomial Model Revisited

6.1.2 Continuous Limits of the Binomial Model

6.1.3 Discrete Dividend Models

6.1.4 Early Exercise Feature and Callable Feature

6.1.5 Trinomial Schemes

6.1.6 Forward Shooting Grid Methods

 6.2 Finite Difference Algorithms

6.2.1 Construction of Explicit Schemes

6.2.2 Implicit Schemes and Their Implementation Issues

6.2.3 Front Fixing Method and Point Relaxation Technique

6.2.4 Truncation Errors and Order of Convergence

6.2.5 Numerical Stability and Oscillation Phenomena

6.2.6 Numerical Approximation of Auxiliary Conditions

 6.3 Monte Carlo Simulation

6.3.1 Variance Reduction Techniques

6.3.2 Low Discrepancy Sequences

6.3.3 Valuation of American Options

 6.4 Problems

7 Interest Rate Models and Bond Pricing

 7.1 Bond Prices and Interest Rates

7.1.1 Bond Prices and Yield Curves

7.1.2 Forward Rate Agreement, Bond Forward and Vanilla Swap

7.1.3 Forward Rates and Short Rates

7.1.4 Bond Prices under Deterministic Interest Rates

 7.2 One-Factor Short Rate Models

7.2.1 Short Rate Models and Bond Prices

7.2.2 Vasicek Mean Reversion Model

7.2.3 Cox-Ingersoll-Ross Square Root Diffusion Model

7.2.4 Generalized One-Factor Short Rate Models

7.2.5 Calibration to Current Term Structures of Bond Prices

 7.3 Multifactor Interest Rate Models

7.3.1 Short Rate/Long Rate Models

7.3.2 Stochastic Volatility Models

7.3.3 Affine Term Structure Models

 7.4 Heath-Jarrow-Morton Framework

7.4.1 Forward Rate Drift Condition

7.4.2 Short Rate Processes and Theft Markovian Characterization

7.4.3 Forward LIBOR Processes under Ganssian HIM Framework

 7.5 Problems

8 Interest Rate Derivatives: Bond Options, LIBOR and Swap Products

 8.1 Forward Measure and Dynamics of Forward Prices

8.1.1 Forward Measure

8.1.2 Pricing of Equity Options under Stochastic Interest Rates

8.1.3 Futures Process and Futures-Forward Price Spreadi

 8.2 Bond Options and Range Notes

8.2.1 Options on Discount Bonds and Coupon-Bearing Bonds

8.2.2 Range Notes

 8.3 Caps and LIBOR Market Models

8.3.1 Pricing of Caps under Gaussian HJM Framework

8.3.2 Black Formulas and LIBOR Market Models

 8.4 Swap Products and Swaptions

8.4.1 Forward Swap Rates and Swap Measure

8.4.2 Approximate Pricing of Swaption under Lognormal LIBOR Market Model

8.4.3 Cross-Currency Swaps

 8.5 Problems

References

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