function [price, lattice] = LatticeAmCallMod(S,X,r,T,sigma,N,D0) % usage: [price, lattice] = LatticeAmCallMod(S,X,r,T,sigma,N,D0) % description: Returns the price of an American call option calculated by % the binomial lattice method where S is the initial security price, X is % the strike price, r is the annual interest rate, T is the time until % maturity in years, sigma is the annual risk, and N is the number of % time steps dt = T/N until maturity used to calculate the put price, % and D0 is the (optional) dividend rate with default zero. % Optionally returns the entire lattice as a second return argument. % local variables: % j: index variable % i: index variable % deltaT: size of a time step (in years) % u: the probability of going up on the lattice % p: the risk free probability % lattice: the price of the stock at any point in time % input checks if (nargin < 6) error('LatticeAmCall: need six arguments: S,K,r,T,sigma,N'); end if (length(S) ~= [1,1]) error('LatticeAmCall: S must be a single number'); end if (length(K) ~= [1,1]) error('LatticeAmCall: K must be a single number'); end if (length(r) ~= [1,1]) error('LatticeAmCall: r must be a single number'); end if (length(T) ~= [1,1]) error('LatticeAmCall: T must be a single number'); end if (length(sigma) ~= [1,1]) error('LatticeAmCall: sigma must be a single number'); end if (length(N) ~= [1,1]) error('LatticeAmCall: N must be a single number'); end if (S < 0) error('LatticeAmCall: S must be a positive number'); end if (T < 0) error('LatticeAmCall: T must be a positive number'); end if (sigma < 0) error('LatticeAmCall: sigma must be a positive number'); end if (N < 0 || N > 1000) error('LatticeAmCall: N must be a positive number not greater than 1000'); end if (nargin ~= 7) D0 = 0; end % actual calculations deltaT = T/N; M = 1 + sigma^2*deltaT +exp(2*(r-D0)*deltaT); u=(M + sqrt(M^2 -4))/2; d=1/u; r = r - D0; % adjust for dividend rate p=(exp(r*deltaT) - d)/(u-d); lattice = zeros(N+1,N+1); for j=0:N lattice(N+1,j+1)=max(0 , S*(u^j)*(d^(N-j)) - X); end for i=N-1:-1:0 for j=0:i % adjust for American call (stay above payoff curve at all times) lattice(i+1,j+1) = max(S*u^j*d^(i-j)-X, exp(-r*deltaT) * ... (p * lattice(i+2,j+2) + (1-p) * lattice(i+2,j+1))); end end price = lattice(1,1);