economics

Finance & Markets

Option pricing, portfolio risk, yield curves, and cryptocurrency mining — the mathematical models that drive modern financial markets.

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Quantitative finance is the application of mathematics, statistics, and computation to financial markets. From the Nobel Prize-winning Black-Scholes model that revolutionized options trading to Monte Carlo methods that price complex derivatives, these tools shape trillions of dollars in daily transactions.

These simulations let you explore core financial models interactively. Price options with Black-Scholes, stress-test portfolios with Value at Risk, trace yield curves across maturities, and calculate whether cryptocurrency mining is actually profitable. Adjust parameters in real time to build intuition for how markets really work.

5 interactive simulations

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Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model

Calculate fair option prices using the Black-Scholes model — the formula that earned a Nobel Prize and transformed derivatives trading forever

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Bond Yield Curve & Term Structure

Visualize and model the yield curve — how interest rates vary across bond maturities and what the shape signals about the economy

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Cryptocurrency Mining Profitability

Calculate whether crypto mining is profitable — factoring in hash rate, electricity costs, block rewards, difficulty, and hardware efficiency

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Monte Carlo Simulation for Option Pricing

Price options by simulating thousands of random stock price paths — the brute-force method that can handle any payoff structure

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Value at Risk (VaR) Portfolio Analysis

Measure portfolio risk with Value at Risk — quantify the maximum expected loss at a given confidence level over a time horizon