I have not heard of the Caribbean footballer you describe. However, I would bet Joserra is asking about a method for estimating the value of options as devised by Fisher Black (now deceased) & Myron Scholes sometime in the 1970s.
So Joserra, you would be well advised to get a better handle on the Black-Scholes formula & obtain some data. If you have the option prices & terms (strike price, time to maturity, risk-free rate, dividend rate) then you should be able to get an estimate of the stock volatility. This would be the volatility implied by the option price & other known or estimated variables. Once you have gotten your data into Stata & struggled some with the inevitable difficulties, feel free to write again with more detailed --as opposed to open-ended-- questions.
Bon chance!
Eric
>Joserra Coco wrote:
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>> Does anybody know whether there is some command or code for calculating
>> implied volatilities in the Black Scholes model?. Thanks for any info.
>
>I'm intrigued. Is the 'Black Scholes' model an Afro-Caribbean version of
>Paul Scholes, the former Manchester United and England footballing
>midfielder? If true, I'd very much like to see it (maybe Benetton would be
>interested).
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>If not, then I haven't the faintest idea what you're talking about, and I
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