OPT_BS

OPT_BS price of a European option

Synopsis

OPT_BS(call_put_flag,spot,strike,time,rate,volatility,cost_of_carry)

Arguments

call_put_flag: 'c' for a call and 'p' for a put

spot: spot price

strike: strike price

time: time to maturity in years

rate: risk-free interest rate to the exercise date in percent

volatility: annualized volatility of the asset in percent for the period through to the exercise date

cost_of_carry: net cost of holding the underlying asset (for common stocks, the risk free rate less the dividend yield), defaults to 0

Description

OPT_BS uses the Black-Scholes model to calculate the price of a European option struck at strike on an asset with spot price spot.

Note

The returned value will be expressed in the same units as strike and spot.