Publications and Research
Document Type
Poster
Publication Date
5-2018
Abstract
In this project, we studied stock option chains and their implied volatilities. We built custom probabilistic models, called Implied Probability Distribution, for stock prices in future. All of the analysis is done in R programming language, using several special libraries for financial analysis.
More concretely, we gathered the option data for various stocks from April 2, 2018 with a maturity date of April 20th. Based on this data, and using a method developed by Breeden and Litzenberger in 1978, we graphed the implied probability distributions of these stocks, and computed their expected value. On April 20th, we compared our expected market prices to the actual market prices, and we observed a remarkable accuracy.
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Comments
This poster was presented as the 28th Semi-Annual Honors and Undergraduate Research Scholars Poster Presentation at New York City College of Technology, May 2, 2018.