function [price,vega,SE]=estvega(Z,S0,sigma,r,T,K) % two estimators of vega % v=payoff function vprime is its derivative. %Z=randn(1,100000); ST=S0*exp(r*T+sigma*sqrt(T)*Z-.5*sigma^2*T); v=max(0,ST-K); v1=exp(-r*T)*(v.*((Z.^2-1)/sigma-sqrt(T)*Z)); vprime=ones(1,length(Z)).*(ST>K); v2=exp(-r*T)*(vprime.*ST.*(sqrt(T)*Z-sigma*T)); vega=[mean(v1) mean(v2)]; SE=sqrt([var(v1) var(v2)]/length(Z)); price=exp(-r*T)*mean(v);