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Delta Hedging without the Black-Scholes Formula

Optimization and Control 2008-12-02 v2 Pricing of Securities

Abstract

We introduce a new method of delta hedging. In many cases, this method results in a lower cost than the Black-Scholes method. To calculate the cost of hedging, we develop a Mathematica program that include the two-dimensional Newton-Raphson method.

Cite

@article{arxiv.math/0703714,
  title  = {Delta Hedging without the Black-Scholes Formula},
  author = {Yukio Hirashita},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0703714},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

5 pages Ver. 2: In addition, when K=35 (deep in the money), the difference between these costs is within 0.1%