function [price, lattice] = LatticeEurPut(S,K,r,T,sigma,N,D0) % usage: [price, lattice] = LatticeEurPut(S,K,r,T,sigma,N,D0) % description: Returns the put price of an European option calculated by % the binomial lattice method where S is the initial security price, K 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('LatticeEurPut: need six arguments: S,K,r,T,sigma,N'); end if (length(S) ~= [1,1]) error('LatticeEurPut: S must be a single number'); end if (length(K) ~= [1,1]) error('LatticeEurPut: K must be a single number'); end if (length(r) ~= [1,1]) error('LatticeEurPut: r must be a single number'); end if (length(T) ~= [1,1]) error('LatticeEurPut: T must be a single number'); end if (length(sigma) ~= [1,1]) error('LatticeEurPut: sigma must be a single number'); end if (length(N) ~= [1,1]) error('LatticeEurPut: N must be a single number'); end if (S < 0) error('LatticeEurPut: S must be a positive number'); end if (T < 0) error('LatticeEurPut: T must be a positive number'); end if (sigma < 0) error('LatticeEurPut: sigma must be a positive number'); end if (N < 0 || N > 1000) error('LatticeEurPut: N must be a positive number not greater than 1000'); end if (nargin < 7) D0 = 0; end % actual calculations deltaT = T/N; u=exp(sigma * sqrt(deltaT)); d=1/u; p=(exp((r-D0)*deltaT) - d)/(u-d); % adjust for dividends lattice = zeros(N+1,N+1); discount = exp(-r*deltaT); % construct the payoff curve at lattice points of expiry for j=0:N lattice(N+1,j+1)=max(0, K-S*(u^j)*(d^(N-j))); end % fill in rest of lattice for i=N-1:-1:0 for j=0:i % next line is only modification of LatticeAmPut that was required lattice(i+1,j+1) = discount*(p*lattice(i+2,j+2)+(1-p)*lattice(i+2,j+1)); end end price = lattice(1,1);