HP 30b Business Professional Calculator - Manual (Page 62)

Black-Scholes Calculation Menu* 54
Black-Scholes Example
The historic prices for an asset and their dividends are listed in Table 7-2 below. Given this
data, calculate the call and put prices for the asset. The example is calculated with RPN set
as the operating mode.
First, enter the historical asset prices and the dividend as ordered pairs in the Data menu. Enter
the historical prices for the x values, and the dividend for each y value. For more information
about entering data in the Data menu, see Chapter 12, Statistical Operations.
Table 7-2
Open the Black-Scholes menu. Use the arrow keys,
<
or
>
, to scroll through the menu.
With the menu item displayed, key in the value in the right column of the table followed by
I
:
Table 7-3
Historical Asset
Price (x)
Dividend (y)
80 3
85 5
78 1
72 0
Menu item Value
Stock Price 74
Strike Price 72
Time to Maturity 0.3 (years)
Risk Free% 5
Volatility% 8.21
Dividend% 2.73