Friday, June 11, 2010

Calculating Implied Option Volatility in C++

Implied volatility of a stock is the future volatility and is calculated using the derivatives of the underlying stock. The factors used in calculating implied volatility are given below:

1.Risk Free Rate
2.strike price
3.Spot price
4.time to maturity
5.option's price.
6.option type - call / put

Given the stock historical volatility, finding the option price is easier using black–scholes formula. To know more Black–Scholes Formula, click here.
But finding the volatility using this formula is a bit difficult, to read the complete article click the following link.

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