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Experiment 02

A clock with a price tag

Watch time value disappear while the stock stands still.

  1. 1Predict
  2. 2Experiment
  3. 3Explain

For this at-the-money call, what happens to model value when time falls from 90 days to 14 days?

Your prediction
Baseline call$4.51
Your call$4.51
Model difference$0.00
Option model value against days to expirationBaseline call: $4.51 at 90. Experiment call: $4.51 at 90. Prices are per share. Other assumptions are held fixed for each curve.$0$3$5$8090180Days to expiration (days)
BaselineYour experiment$ / share
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Model prices with all other inputs held fixed for each curve
Days to expirationBaseline callExperiment call
0$0.00$0.00
4$0.86$0.86
7$1.15$1.15
11$1.45$1.45
14$1.65$1.65
18$1.88$1.88
22$2.09$2.09
25$2.24$2.24
29$2.43$2.43
32$2.56$2.56
36$2.73$2.73
40$2.89$2.89
43$3.00$3.00
47$3.15$3.15
50$3.26$3.26
54$3.40$3.40
58$3.54$3.54
61$3.64$3.64
65$3.77$3.77
68$3.86$3.86
72$3.99$3.99
76$4.11$4.11
79$4.20$4.20
83$4.31$4.31
86$4.40$4.40
90$4.51$4.51
94$4.63$4.63
97$4.71$4.71
101$4.82$4.82
104$4.90$4.90
108$5.00$5.00
112$5.11$5.11
115$5.18$5.18
119$5.29$5.29
122$5.36$5.36
126$5.46$5.46
130$5.56$5.56
133$5.63$5.63
137$5.73$5.73
140$5.80$5.80
144$5.89$5.89
148$5.99$5.99
151$6.06$6.06
155$6.15$6.15
158$6.22$6.22
162$6.31$6.31
166$6.40$6.40
169$6.46$6.46
173$6.55$6.55
176$6.62$6.62
180$6.70$6.70

Your assumptions

Strike $100 · risk-free rate 4.5% · no dividends

$100
90 days
20%

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Model lab, not live quotes. Black-Scholes assumes European exercise, no dividends, and constant volatility and interest rates. Values are dollars per share; price differences are not trading profit.