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Black scholes option pricing

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  • This topic has 5 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 7 years ago by John Moffat.
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  • February 6, 2018 at 4:59 pm #435510
    Ali
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    Can you please explain about the variants of the Black scholes option pricing formulae. Specially the (Pa) and (Pe). Sometimes model answers are done with NPV of cashflow and investment value (in question MMC jun 2011). In question Furlion co (mar/jun 2016) NPV is given in current and after some time by saying ” project will justify the investment cost of $15m. But the NPV of expection is currently $0. Put model answer is done by taking investment value of $15m discounted for Pa and not discounted Pe.
    How do we know what is Pa and what is Pe?

    February 7, 2018 at 2:10 pm #435686
    John Moffat
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    Pa is the current value, and Pe is the exercise price.

    In MMC the option is exercisable in 2 years time and is the option to spend £35M to then continue for 4 years.
    So Pa is the PV of the flows after the exercise date, and Pe is the amount that would be paid to exercise.

    In Furlion, the logic is exactly the same. Since the current NPV is 0, the PV of the future flows after exercising must be equal to the PV of the amount paid to exercise (so as to end up with an NPV of 0). So this is Pa.
    Pe is the amount paid to exercise.

    February 7, 2018 at 3:10 pm #435706
    Ali
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    I got that Pe will be the exercise price. Which is $15m in Furlion but the Pa which spose to be the PV of the cashflow which is 0. But the model answer took $15m × 0.712= ……..
    So my question is why does he take PV of exercise price rather taking Pa= 0?(NPV)
    (In model answer Pa= $15m ×0712= $10.68)
    Or we can take any of these?

    February 8, 2018 at 8:29 am #435859
    John Moffat
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    No – it is the NPV that is 0.
    Since the outflow is 15M, then PV of the inflows must also be 15M.

    Pa is the PV of the inflows which is the PV of 15M.

    May 24, 2018 at 2:58 pm #453759
    hj
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    Sir Im a little confused with calculating the value of Pa

    initial invesment – present value of cash flows= NPV

    so is 15 not equal to pv of cash flows? why are we discounting it again>?

    Thanks

    May 24, 2018 at 5:04 pm #453779
    John Moffat
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    What you have written is not correct. The NPV is equal to the PV of the cash flows minus the initial investment.

    But who said we should discount it again anyway? We use it in the Back Scholes formula.

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