Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives

This best seller represents how academia and real-world practice have come together with a common respect and focus of theory and practice. It provides a unifying approach to the valuation of all derivatives—not just futures and options. It assumes that the reader has taken an introductory course in finance and an introductory course in probability and statistics. No prior knowledge of options, futures contracts, swaps, and so on is assumed.

Contents

1. Introduction.
2. Futures Markets and the Use of Futures for Hedging.
3. Forward and Futures Prices.
4. Interest Rates and Duration.
5. Swaps.
6. Options Markets.
7. Properties of Stock Option Prices.
8. Trading Strategies Involving Options.
9. Introduction to Binomial Trees.
10. Model of the Behavior of Stock Prices.
11. The Black-Scholes Model.
12. Options on Stock Indices, Currencies, and Futures.
13. The Greek Letters.
14. Value at Risk.
15. Estimating Volatilities and Correlations.
16. Numerical Procedures.
17. Volatility Smiles and Alternatives to Black-Scholes.
18. Exotic Options.
19. Extensions of the Theoretical Framework for Pricing Derivatives: Martingales and Measures.
20. Interest Rate Derivatives: The Standard Market Models.
21. Interest Rate Derivatives: Models of the Short Rate.
22. Interest Rate Derivatives: More Advanced Models.
23. Credit Risk.