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This book provides a hands-on, practical guide to understanding derivatives pricing. Aimed at the less quantitative practitioner, it provides a balanced account of options, Greeks and hedging techniques avoiding the complicated mathematics inherent to many texts, and with a focus on modelling, market practice and intuition.

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PART I: REFRESHER 0. Notation and Terminology 1. Delta and Gamma PART II: DELTA HEDGING 2. A Simulation Model for Delta Hedging – European Call Options 3. Delta Hedging European Put Options 4. Calculating Cash P&L for a Call Option 5. Calculating Cash P&L for a Put Option PART III: BUILDING SURFACES IN EXCEL 6. Understanding Volatility 7. Building Volatility Surfaces 8. Forward Implied Volatilities PART IV: HEDGING HIGHER ORDER GREEKS 9. Vega, Volga & Vanna 10. Hedging Higher Order Greeks 11. Reviewing the Solver Solution PART V: APPLICATIONS 12. Rebalancing, Implied Vol & Rho 13. Understanding Theta 14. Option Prices and Time to Expiry

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      Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
      Publication Date: 24/03/2015
      ISBN13: 9781137371669, 978-1137371669
      ISBN10: 1137371668
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book provides a hands-on, practical guide to understanding derivatives pricing. Aimed at the less quantitative practitioner, it provides a balanced account of options, Greeks and hedging techniques avoiding the complicated mathematics inherent to many texts, and with a focus on modelling, market practice and intuition.

      Table of Contents
      PART I: REFRESHER 0. Notation and Terminology 1. Delta and Gamma PART II: DELTA HEDGING 2. A Simulation Model for Delta Hedging – European Call Options 3. Delta Hedging European Put Options 4. Calculating Cash P&L for a Call Option 5. Calculating Cash P&L for a Put Option PART III: BUILDING SURFACES IN EXCEL 6. Understanding Volatility 7. Building Volatility Surfaces 8. Forward Implied Volatilities PART IV: HEDGING HIGHER ORDER GREEKS 9. Vega, Volga & Vanna 10. Hedging Higher Order Greeks 11. Reviewing the Solver Solution PART V: APPLICATIONS 12. Rebalancing, Implied Vol & Rho 13. Understanding Theta 14. Option Prices and Time to Expiry

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