Given the explosion of interest in mathematical methods for solving problems in finance and trading, a great deal of research and development is taking place in universities, large brokerage firms, and in the supporting trading software industry. Mathematical advances have been made both...

This book introduces readers to a new approach to identifying stock market bubbles by using the illiquidity premium, a parameter derived by employing conic finance theory. Further, it shows how to develop the closed form formulas of the bid and ask prices of European options by using...

This book introduces the “strike of default” (SOD) benchmark concept. The author determines the SOD through cross-sectional pricing between the credit market and the option market, considering the same underlying. The idea of the SOD is to combine the implied probability of default from both...

Overview of Quantitative Finance and Risk Management Research -- Portfolio Theory and Investment Analysis -- Options and Option Pricing Theory -- Risk Management -- Theory, Methodology, and Applications

Finanzmathematische Grundlagen -- Eigenschaften und Bewertung von Derivaten -- Der Einsatz von Derivaten -- Hedging mit Derivaten -- Derivate zur Optimierung der Performance -- Risikosteuerung -- Besondere Herausforderungen beim Derivateeinsatz -- Derivate als Informationsquelle.