Table of Contents:
  • Notation key and Greek alphabet
  • 1. Probability I : an introduction to discrete probability
  • 2. Portfolio management and the capital asset pricing model
  • 3. Background on options
  • 4. An aperitif on arbitrage
  • 5. Probability II : more discrete probability
  • 6. Discrete-time pricing models
  • 7. The Cox-Ross-Rubinstein model
  • 8. Probability III : continuous probability
  • 9. The Black-Scholes option pricing formula
  • 10. Optimal stopping and American options
  • App. A. Pricing nonattainable alternatives in an incomplete market
  • App. B. Convexity and the separation theorem.