{"id":696,"date":"2023-01-29T17:29:11","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T17:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/compfinance.ddns.net\/wordpress\/?p=696"},"modified":"2023-01-29T17:29:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-29T17:29:11","slug":"question-1-can-we-use-the-same-pricing-models-for-different-asset-classes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/compfinance.ddns.net\/wordpress\/2023\/01\/29\/question-1-can-we-use-the-same-pricing-models-for-different-asset-classes\/","title":{"rendered":"Question 1: Can we use the same pricing models for different asset classes?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>hello fellow quants,<br>Today&#8217;s question is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Q1: &#8220;Can we use the same pricing models for different asset classes?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Best regards,<br>Lech<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Can we use the same pricing models for different asset classes?<br>2. How is the money savings account related to a zero-coupon bond?<br>3. What are the challenges in the calculation of implied volatilities?<br>4. Can you price options using Arithmetic Brownian motion?<br>5. What is the difference between a stochastic process and a random variable?<br>6. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using ABM\/GBM for modelling a stock process?<br>7. What sanity checks can you perform for a simulated stock process?<br>8. What is the Feynman-Kac formula?<br>9. What is the implied volatility term structure?<br>10. What are the deficiencies of the Black-Scholes model? Why is the BS model still used?<br>11. How does the Ito\u2019s table look like if we include the Poisson jump process?<br>12. What is the impact of jumps on implied volatility?<br>13. How to derive a characteristic function for a model with jumps?<br>14. Is the Heston model with time-dependent parameters affine?<br>15. Why is adding more and more factors to the pricing models not the best idea?<br>16. Can you interpret the Heston model parameters and their impact on the volatility surface?<br>17. Can we model volatility with the Arithmetic Brownian Motion process?<br>18. What are the benefits of FFT compared to a \u201cbrute force\u201d integration?<br>19. What to do if the FFT\/COS method does not converge for increasing expansion terms?<br>20. What is a standard error? How to interpret it?<br>21. What is weak and strong convergence in Monte Carlo pricing?<br>22. What are the challenges of discretizing the CIR process using the Euler method?<br>23. Why do we need Monte Carlo if we have FFT methods for pricing?<br>24. How to hedge Jumps?<br>25. What is pathwise sensitivity?<br>26. What is the Bates model, and how can it be used for pricing?<br>27. What is the relation between European and Forward-start options?<br>28. What instruments to choose to calibrate your pricing model?<br>29. How to calibrate a pricing model? How to choose the objective function?<br>30. What are the Chooser options?<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/hashtag\/?keywords=finance&amp;highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7017021684788428800\">#Finance<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/hashtag\/?keywords=interviewquestions&amp;highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7017021684788428800\">#InterviewQuestions<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/hashtag\/?keywords=quantiativefinance&amp;highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7017021684788428800\">#QuantiativeFinance<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/hashtag\/?keywords=quant&amp;highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7017021684788428800\">#Quant<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/hashtag\/?keywords=computationalfinance&amp;highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7017021684788428800\">#ComputationalFinance<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/hashtag\/?keywords=interview&amp;highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7017021684788428800\">#interview<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/hashtag\/?keywords=quants&amp;highlightedUpdateUrns=urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7017021684788428800\">#quants<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Can we use the same pricing models for different asset classes?\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/brKYNyyI2Zs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>hello fellow quants,Today&#8217;s question is: Q1: &#8220;Can we use the same pricing models for different asset classes?&#8221; Best regards,Lech 1. Can we use the same pricing models for different asset classes?2. How is the money savings account related to a zero-coupon bond?3. What are the challenges in the calculation of implied volatilities?4. Can you price options using Arithmetic Brownian motion?5. What is the difference between a stochastic process and a random variable?6. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using ABM\/GBM for modelling a stock process?7. What sanity checks can you perform for a simulated stock process?8. 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