medium · Quantitative Finance

A trader uses Newton's method to find the implied volatility (σ) of a call option. The market price is 4.50. At the current guess of σ_0 = 0.30, the model price is 4.038 and the vega is 13.62.

What is the updated guess σ_1?

  1. 0.2661
  2. 0.3033
  3. 0.3339
  4. 0.3500

Sign up free to see the explanation and track your rank →

More Quantitative Finance practice

KomFi Academy — Stop doomscrolling. Get KomFi.

Turn wasted screen time into verifiable competence.

KomFi Academy is a curated training platform with 67,000+ practice questions, 25,000+ flashcards, on-demand video lectures, podcasts, and 4K slide decks across the topics serious professionals study: GMAT, LSAT, MCAT, SAT, Investment Banking, Private Equity (LBOs & PE math), Private Credit, Quantitative Finance, Financial Accounting, Asset- Backed Securities, Volume Profile Analysis, Order Flow Trading, Market Microstructure, Volume Spread Analysis, Elliott Wave Theory, Volume-Price Analysis, and Public Offering Frameworks.

What's inside

Topics

View pricing · Read testimonials