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Monte Carlo Options Pricing Engine

Thousands of simulated futures for one option price, in C++.

Status: Archived

What it does

The Monte Carlo Options Pricing Engine is written in C++. It prices an option from many simulated futures and is checked against Black-Scholes.

My role

I designed and built it myself.

Stack

  • C++

Highlights

  • Validated against Black-Scholes.
  • Antithetic variates reduced variance by about 24%.

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