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Python for Finance. - Second Edition

You're reading from  Python for Finance. - Second Edition

Product type Book
Published in Jun 2017
Publisher
ISBN-13 9781787125698
Pages 586 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Python for Finance Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
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Preface
1. Python Basics 2. Introduction to Python Modules 3. Time Value of Money 4. Sources of Data 5. Bond and Stock Valuation 6. Capital Asset Pricing Model 7. Multifactor Models and Performance Measures 8. Time-Series Analysis 9. Portfolio Theory 10. Options and Futures 11. Value at Risk 12. Monte Carlo Simulation 13. Credit Risk Analysis 14. Exotic Options 15. Volatility, Implied Volatility, ARCH, and GARCH Index

Put-call parity and its graphic presentation


Let's look at a call with an exercise price of $20, a maturity of three months and a risk-free rate of 5%. The present value of this future $20 is given here:

>>>x=20*exp(-0.05*3/12)   
>>>round(x,2)
19.75
>>>

In three months, what will be the wealth of our portfolio which consists of a call on the same stock plus $19.75 cash today? If the stock price is below $20, we don't exercise the call and keep the cash. If the stock price is above $20, we use our cash of $20 to exercise our call option to own the stock. Thus, our portfolio value will be the maximum of those two values: stock price in three months or $20, that is, max(s,20).

On the other hand, how about a portfolio with a stock plus a put option with an exercise price of $20? If the stock price falls by $20, we exercise the put option and get $20. If the stock price is above $20, we simply keep the stock. Thus, our portfolio value will be the maximum of those two...

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