ANALYTICAL METHODS IN FINANCE
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Probability, Stochastic processes
Classroom lessons
At the end of the course the student must know the fundamentals of stochastic integration and their application to mathematical finance and the microstructure of financial markets
Models of Financial Markets on Finite Probability Spaces.
Models in Discrete and Continuous Time.
The Black and Scholes formula.
Stochastic Integration.
Financial Markets microstructure
Term Structure: Arbitrage theory, short-rate models, market models.
C) The Black and Scholes formula. Options and Arbitrage: Stock Options, Forward Contracts, Futures Contracts, Put-Call Option Parity Formula.
D) Stochastic Integration, Quadratic Variation and Covariation, Itô's Formula, Stochastic Differential Equations, Stochastic Exponential.
Part II: Financial Markets microstructure
A) The ecology of financial markets: the rules of trading , the risks of market-making, the liquidity game.
B) The statistics of price changes: the Random Walk model, jumps and Intermittency in financial markets, why do prices move?
C) Limit Order Books: the mechanics of LOB trading. Order arrivals and cancellations, order size distributions, volume at the best quotes, volume profiles, tick-size effects.
D) Empirical properties of Limit Order Books, summary statistics, intra-day patterns, the spread distribution
Oral exam and homework
Classroom lessons
Students are received by previous telephone appointment..
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Degree course in: MATHEMATICS