to take off. To trade options, one had to value them, and to value them, one needed to be able to master such abstruse mathematical confections as the Black-Scholes option- pricing model. For Epstein, breaking down such models was pure sport, and within just a few years he had his own stable of clients. "He was

to take off. To trade options, one had to value them, and to value them, one needed to be able to master such abstruse mathematical confections as the Black-Scholes option- pricing model. For Epstein, breaking down such models was pure sport, and within just a few years he had his own stable of clients. "He was

to take off. To trade options, one had to value them, and to value them, one needed to be able to master such abstruse mathematical confections as the Black-Scholes option- pricing model. For Epstein, breaking down such models was pure sport, and within just a few years he had his own stable of clients. "He was

nge. As Mr. Epstein's use of it makes clear, the model is still used by many financiers and options traders to this day. While no model is perfect, the Black-Scholes has proven, time and time again, to offer fairly accurate prices. A History of Black-Scholes The model was first articulated in 1973, in a paper p