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Risk 1 - Hans Buehler

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Modeling <strong>Risk</strong> – Basics<br />

Black & Scholes<br />

• What does this formula mean?<br />

S(<br />

T)<br />

K = FV(0, S ) ( t,<br />

S(<br />

t))<br />

dS(<br />

t)<br />

— It tells us how to execute the hedge:<br />

FV(<br />

t<br />

<br />

today<br />

1<br />

dt,<br />

S(<br />

t1))<br />

= FV(0, Stoday)<br />

(0,<br />

Stoday)<br />

S(<br />

t1)<br />

T<br />

0<br />

<br />

S<br />

today<br />

<br />

Buy units of<br />

shares today<br />

and sell them<br />

tomorrow.<br />

Tomorrow’s<br />

option value<br />

— For two days:<br />

Today’s option<br />

value<br />

9

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