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EXOTICS XL

EXOTICS XL is a Microsoft Excel add-in program that allows you to value non-standard option and derivative contracts.

The types of contracts that may be valued using EXOTICS XL are Average Price and Rate ("Asian"), Barrier ("knockouts and knockins"), Binary, Chooser, Compound, Currency-Translated, Lookback, Portfolio, Rainbow and Spread options.

To achieve the company's goal of remaining at the leading edge of option and derivative analytics, Montgomery Investment Technology, Inc. will develop new functions and pricing models to meet market demand. Specialty applications and functions can be created on a custom basis to meet your in-house needs.

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Average

Average Price/Rate ("Asian") and Strike 

Barrier

Knock-out/knock-in with rebate capability

Binary

Binary Barrier, All-Or-None and Gap

Chooser

Option to choose a call or put in the future 

Compound

Option to buy an option in the future

Currency-Translated

FX Translated Options, "Quanto"

Lookback

Option exercise determined by Min / Max price 

Portfolio

Option on portfolio of two assets

Rainbow

Option on minimum or maximum of two assets

Spread

Option on 2 asset spread (e.g. "Crack" or "Spark")

Custom Series

Double-Barrier

American and European-style knock-out/knock-in options with rebate (binomial) 

Double-Barrier Flexible

American and European-style knock-out/knock-in options with rebate (flexible binomial) 

Monte Carlo Methods

Average, Barrier, Lookback, Standard contracts

Implied Binomial Tree

Based on research by Goldman (Derman) or Rubinstein (UC Berkeley)

Finite Difference

Finite Difference 

Cash Bond Options (under development)

Modified Black-Scholes 

Price-diffusion for short-term options 

Cox-Ross-Rubinstein 

Price-diffusion for short-term options 

Rendleman and Bartter 

Yield-diffusion for short- to long-term options 

Hull-White 

Yield-diffusion for long-term options with mean reversion 

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