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arxiv: physics/0001040 · v2 · submitted 2000-01-19 · ⚛️ physics.soc-ph · cond-mat.stat-mech· physics.data-an· q-fin.PR

Black-Scholes option pricing within Ito and Stratonovich conventions

classification ⚛️ physics.soc-ph cond-mat.stat-mechphysics.data-anq-fin.PR
keywords optionblack-scholespricingmethodcalculusequationinterpretationstratonovich
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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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