Pricing Eurodollar futures options with the Ho and Lee and Black, Derman, and Toy models: An empirical comparison

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-1999

Abstract

This article compares empirically the Ho and Lee (1986) and Black, Derman, and Toy (1990) discrete-time debt option pricing models in the pricing of Eurodollar futures options over the period from March 1997 through February 1998 using daily data. The results indicate that both models performed well. The average absolute pricing errors over the sample period were less than one tick (0.01) in every case. The Black, Derman, and Toy model slightly outperformed the Ho and Lee model in the pricing of in-the-money call options and out-of-the-money put options over the period studied. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Identifier

0033458333 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Journal of Futures Markets

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1096-9934(199905)19:3<291::AID-FUT3>3.0.CO;2-K

ISSN

02707314

First Page

291

Last Page

306

Issue

3

Volume

19

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