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Digital assets and currencies

Understand assets, networks and trading mechanics with sources you can check.

Securities & exchanges

Constant elasticity of variance model

In mathematical finance, the constant elasticity of variance model (CEV) is a stochastic volatility model, although technically it would be classed more precisely as a local volatility model, that attempts to capture stochastic volatility and the leverage effect. The model is widely used by practitioners in the financial industry, especially for modelling equities and commodities. It was

Trading basics

Finance

Finance refers to the management, movement, investment, and raising of money.

Securities & exchanges

Heston model

In finance, the Heston model, named after Steven L. Heston, is a mathematical model that describes the evolution of the volatility of an underlying asset. It is a stochastic volatility model: such a model assumes that the volatility of the asset is not constant, nor even deterministic, but follows a random process.

Finance

Outline of corporate finance

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to corporate finance: