stockoptiontreegui {GUIDE}R Documentation

Plot a stock option Tree

Description

Function to plot a Binomial stock Tree

Usage

stockoptiontreegui()

Details

The user inputs are as follows:
Type of Option: chosen between Call/Put
Exercise style: chosen between European/American
Stock Price: to be entered in numbers for e.g. 120.50
Strike price: to be entered in numbers for e.g. 110.50
Time in number of years: to be entered in decimals. For e.g. 0.25 for a quarter year
Volatility(or sigma) per annum: to be entered in decimals. For e.g. 0.25 for 25 percent
Risk free rate per annum: to be entered in percent. For e.g. enter 5.0 for 5 percent
u: up move factor- to be entered in decimals. For e.g. 1.25
d: down move factor- to be entered in decimals. For e.g. 0.80
q: probability of up move- to be entered in decimals. For e.g. 0.60
Dividend yield: to be entered in decimals. For e.g. 0.02 for 2 percent
No of steps: Clicking on the '+' and '-' respectively increases and decreases the value.
Plot type: chosen between Stock tree / option tree

Value

A plot of Stock Tree / Option Tree with user specified parameters.

Author(s)

S Subramanian <ssubramanian@sssihl.edu.in>

References

John C. Hull, "Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives", 8/E, Prentice Hall, 2012.

See Also

blackscholes


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