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Black-Scholes option pricing within Ito and Stratonovich conventions

Physics and Society 2009-11-06 v2 Statistical Mechanics Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability Pricing of Securities

Abstract

Options financial instruments designed to protect investors from the stock market randomness. In 1973, Fisher Black, Myron Scholes and Robert Merton proposed a very popular option pricing method using stochastic differential equations within the Ito interpretation. Herein, we derive the Black-Scholes equation for the option price using the Stratonovich calculus along with a comprehensive review, aimed to physicists, of the classical option pricing method based on the Ito calculus. We show, as can be expected, that the Black-Scholes equation is independent of the interpretation chosen. We nonetheless point out the many subtleties underlying Black-Scholes option pricing method.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0001040,
  title  = {Black-Scholes option pricing within Ito and Stratonovich conventions},
  author = {J. Perello and J. M. Porra and M. Montero and J. Masoliver},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0001040},
  year   = {2009}
}

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14 pages

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