Call option probability of exercise

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Published on Feb 26, Several ways to calculate option probability are outlined, including the derivation that relies on terms from the Black-Scholes Merton formula.

Programming formulas are provided for Excel. Delta is discussed, as a proxy for option probability and the differences in various volatility measures are described. Clipping is a handy way to collect and organize the most important slides from a presentation.

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Are you sure you want to Yes No. Sander Pikkel , Kliendihaldur at LHV. Embeds 0 No embeds. No notes for slide. Except that stock prices don't follow a normal distribution, they have fat tails, and a higher peak in the center leptokurtosis! A cheap and easy approximation to find the 1 std deviation based on the implied volatility of the options prices, is to add the ATM put and call together and multiply that result by 1.

Better, but still relies on an input for volatility - again, using day historical volatility. See attached doc for the maths, including the 5th order polynomials I put together an excel spreadsheet for these. The lazy man's estimate, as it can be found at futuresource. There is one proprietary calculator that I like. I use the Larry McMillan calculator which tells you the probability that your option strike will ever be crossed before expiration- which is what you really care about, because prudent money management dictates that you close losers at some point before they wipe you out.

So, while the probability at expiration is definitely useful, the probability for any time between now and then is more useful. This probability generally doubles the probability of finishing ITM. The Creative Destruction Company All Rights Reserved 2.

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Eric Hartford February Delta vs. This has been one of my key assumptions about options trading, so it is useful to examine it in detail Let me cite some references to back up my impression that delta is an approximate probability that a given option will finish in the money at expiration.

I picked up the idea from Jay Kaeppel when he came to our Atlanta Options Investors meeting in November of I had previously read one of his books that touched on this and he reinforced it at the meeting.

He states in The Option Trader's Guide to Probability, Volatility, and Timing first edition, page 89, quot;The delta value for a given option provides an estimate of the probability that the option will expire in the money. In McMillan's Options as a Strategic Investment , 4th edition, page under the definition of Delta, we find quot; 2 the percent probability of a call being in-the-money at expiration.

Advanced Concepts text on page That is, if XYZ is The Creative Destruction Company All Rights Reserved 4. Eric Hartford February 50 and the January 55 call has a delta of 0. Neither claims that the delta is the equivalent of the probability for all options, and one should not make that claim, without additional explanation.

There is an ease of use lazyness? One should favor doing the actual probability calculation. And it is an easier calculation in that it has fewer terms. The probability formula from McMillan is a little fuzzy, but using the same divisor as the delta formula seems permissible, and I like it for giving the instantaneous market price implied value, rather than the historical.

Obviously the closer one gets to expiration, the more accurate this approximation becomes. This is the dangerous assumption, because as options traders, we are looking for extreme volatilities. Other models superceded Black- Scholes in the 15 years since these calculations were the state of the art.

However, it is useful to know this work and the contributions of Merton, Cox, Rubenstein and others.

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