The Pricing of Index Options When the Underlying Assets All Follow a Lognormal Diffusion

Posted: 18 Jul 2001

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Robert Brooks

Financial Risk Management LLC

Jon Corson

University of Alabama - Department of Mathematics

J. Donal Wales

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Abstract

In this paper, we present an index option pricing equation that is theoretically superior to prior models. Specially, we develop an analytic index option pricing equation assuming each security underlying the index follows geometric Brownian motion. We compare our model to the standard index option pricing model based on the Black and Scholes formula and find the difference to be significant.

JEL Classification: G13

Suggested Citation

Brooks, Robert E. and Corson, Jon and Wales, J. Donal, The Pricing of Index Options When the Underlying Assets All Follow a Lognormal Diffusion. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=5735

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J. Donal Wales

affiliation not provided to SSRN

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