The price of an option should reflect the average value that a buyer receives for it, and also a risk premium. This report describes an empirical study for analysing these factors as a graphical and quantitative manner. The analysis focuses on the average difference between the price option and...

The non-parametric modelization of the stock options and other derivatives generated an increased interest over the past years. The goal of this paper is to predict the market price of an option from the same information as needed by the Black-Scholes formula. This is a continuation of more...

Unlike European-type derivative securities, there are no simple analytic valuation formulas for American options, even when the underlying asset price has constant volatility. The early exercise feature considerably complicates the valuation of American contracts. The strategy taken in this...