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using System;
namespace BlackScholes
{
/// <summary>
/// Summary description for BlackSholes.
/// </summary>
public class BlackSholes
{
public BlackSholes()
{
//
// TODO: Add constructor logic here
//
}
/* The Black and Scholes (1973) Stock option formula
* C# Implementation
* uses the C# Math.PI field rather than a constant as in the C++ implementaion
* the value of Pi is 3.14159265358979323846
S= Stock price
X=Strike price
T=Years to maturity
r= Risk-free rate
v=Volatility
*/
public double BlackScholes(string CallPutFlag, double S, double X,
double T, double r, double v)
{
double d1 = 0.0;
double d2 = 0.0;
double dBlackScholes = 0.0;
d1 = (Math.Log(S / X) + (r + v * v / 2.0) * T) / (v * Math.Sqrt(T));
d2 = d1 - v * Math.Sqrt(T);
if (CallPutFlag == "c")
{
dBlackScholes = S * CND(d1) - X * Math.Exp(-r * T) * CND(d2);
}
else if (CallPutFlag == "p")
{
dBlackScholes = X * Math.Exp(-r * T) * CND(-d2) - S * CND(-d1);
}
return dBlackScholes;
}
public double CND(double X)
{
double L = 0.0;
double K = 0.0;
double dCND = 0.0;
const double a1 = 0.31938153;
const double a2 = -0.356563782;
const double a3 = 1.781477937;
const double a4 = -1.821255978;
const double a5 = 1.330274429;
L = Math.Abs(X);
K = 1.0 / (1.0 + 0.2316419 * L);
dCND = 1.0 - 1.0 / Math.Sqrt(2 * Convert.ToDouble(Math.PI.ToString())) *
Math.Exp(-L * L / 2.0) * (a1 * K + a2 * K * K + a3 * Math.Pow(K, 3.0) +
a4 * Math.Pow(K, 4.0) + a5 * Math.Pow(K, 5.0));
if (X < 0)
{
return 1.0 - dCND;
}
else
{
return dCND;
}
}
}
}
@stpaulchuck
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thanks for posting this! saved me some time translating from a Python version

@Unknown6656
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Thanks a lot, mate! ❤️

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