The Pricing Model, Five Inputs and One Guess

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Every fair price in this course came from a pricing model with five inputs, and one of them is a guess. This lesson shows what each input does, how to read the market's guess, and where the model breaks down.

After this lesson you can

  • Name the five inputs and what each one does to a price
  • Explain what volatility measures, and implied volatility
  • Read delta and the model's odds without overtrusting them
  • Name the assumptions real stocks break
  • Use the model in practice, including early exercise and dividends, and avoid the five mistakes

Chapters

  1. 0:00Five inputs, one guess
  2. 1:25What each input does
  3. 2:47What volatility means
  4. 3:58Implied volatility
  5. 5:11Delta, from the model
  6. 6:11The model's odds
  7. 7:07Where the model breaks
  8. 8:20Using it in practice
  9. 9:21Early exercise and dividends
  10. 10:18Five mistakes
  11. 11:14The whole lesson on one screen

In Chinese: Lesson 25 · 定价模型与希腊字母

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