This book takes a theoretical and practical look at some of the latest and most important ideas behind derivatives pricing models. In each chapter the author highlights the latest thinking and trends in the area. A wide range of topics is covered, including valuation methods on stocks paying discrete dividend, Asian options, American barrier options, Complex barrier options, reset options, and electricity derivatives. The book also discusses the latest ideas surrounding finance like the robustness of dynamic delta hedging, option hedging, negative probabilities and space-time finance. The accompanying CD with additional Excel sheets includes the mathematical models covered in the book. The book also includes interviews with some of the world's top names in the industry, and an insight into the history behind some of the greatest discoveries in quantitative finance. Interviewees include: Nassim Taleb on Black Swans Edward Thorp on Gambling and Trading Alan Lewis on Stochastic Volatility and Jumps Emanuel Derman, the Wall Street Quant Peter Carr, the Wall Street Wizard of Option Symmetry and Volatility Clive Granger, Nobel Prize winner in Economics 2003, on Cointegration Stephen Ross on Arbitrage Pricing Theory Bruno Dupire on Local and Stochastic Volatility Models Eduardo Schwartz the Yoga Master of Quantitative Finance Aaron Brown on Gambling, Poker and Trading Knut Aase on Catastrophes and Financial Economics Elie Ayache on Modeling Paul Wilmott on Paul Wilmott Andrei Khrennikov on Negative Probabilities David Bates on Crash and Jumps Peter Jäckel on Monte Carlo Simulation