Summary

Provides an advanced treatment of option pricing for traders, money managers, and researchers, covering the new generation of option models where both the stock price and its volatility follow diffusion processes. Shows how these new models help explain important features of real-world option pricing that are not captured by the Black- Scholes model, discussing features such as the "smile" pattern and the term structure of implied volatility. Coverage includes the fundamental transform, the volatility of volatility series expansion, and the term structure of implied volatility. Includes Mathematica code for key formulas and many illustrations. Lewis has been active in option valuation and related financial research for some 20 years. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)