Matlab and Julia Chapter 6. Analytical Value-at-Risk for Options and Bonds

Chapter 6. Analytical Value-at-Risk for Options and Bonds

Matlab and Julia

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Listing 6.1/6.2
% Black-Scholes function in MATLAB
function  res = bs(K,P,r,sigma,T)
	d1 = (log(P./K)+(r+(sigma^2)/2)*T)./(sigma*sqrt(T));
	d2 = d1 - sigma*sqrt(T);
	res.Call = P.*normcdf(d1,0,1)-K.*exp(-r*T).*normcdf(d2,0,1);
	res.Put = K.*exp(-r*T).*normcdf(-d2,0,1)-P.*normcdf(-d1,0,1);
	res.Delta.Call = normcdf(d1,0,1);
	res.Delta.Put = res.Delta.Call -1;
	res.Gamma = normpdf(d1,0,1)./(P*sigma*sqrt(T));
end
Listing 6.1/6.2
Black-Scholes function in Julia
using Distributions;
function bs(; X = 1, P = 1, r = 0.05, sigma = 1, T = 1)
    d1 = (log.(P/X) .+ (r .+ 0.5 .* sigma.^2).*T)./(sigma .* sqrt.(T))
    d2 = d1 .- sigma * sqrt.(T)
    Call = P .* cdf.(Normal(0,1), d1) .- X .* exp.(-r * T) .* cdf.(Normal(0,1), d2)
    Put = X .* exp(-r .* T) .* cdf.(Normal(0,1),-d2) .- P .* cdf.(Normal(0,1), -d1)
    Delta_Call = cdf.(Normal(0,1), d1)
    Delta_Put = Delta_Call .- 1
    Gamma = pdf.(Normal(0,1), d1) ./ (P .* sigma .* sqrt(T))
    return Dict("Call" => Call, "Put" => Put, "Delta_Call" => Delta_Call, "Delta_Put" => Delta_Put, "Gamma" => Gamma)
end

Listing 6.3/6.4
% Black-Scholes in MATLAB
f=bs(90,100,0.05,0.2,0.5)
Listing 6.3/6.4
Black-Scholes in Julia
f = bs(X = 90, P = 100, r = 0.05, sigma = 0.2, T = 0.5)


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