Call Theta

Proved

BlackScholesModel.call_theta

by Lucas · Oct 9, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

black-scholesmathematical-financeoption-pricing

Let $K>0$ , $\sigma>0$ , $S>0$ , $t<T$ and $r\in\mathbb R$ . Then the call price is differentiable in time at $t$ , and

\frac{\partial C}{\partial t}(S,t)=-\frac{SN'(d_+)\sigma}{2\sqrt{T-t}}-rKe^{-r(T-t)}N(d_-).

Preamble

import Mathlib
import Definitions.Def_BlackScholesModel_Core

open Real MeasureTheory ProbabilityTheory Filter Topology
open scoped ContDiff

Formal statement

namespace BlackScholesModel

theorem call_theta (K r σ T S t : ℝ) (hK : 0 < K) (hσ : 0 < σ) (hS : 0 < S) (ht : t < T) :
    HasDerivAt (fun t' => callPrice K r σ T S t')
      (-(S * stdNormalPDF (dPlus S K r σ (T - t)) * σ) / (2 * Real.sqrt (T - t))
        - r * K * Real.exp (-r * (T - t)) * stdNormalCDF (dMinus S K r σ (T - t))) t := by sorry

end BlackScholesModel

Source

Wikipedia, "Black–Scholes model" (snapshot supplied as Black–Scholes_model.pdf, 22 pp.), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%E2%80%93Scholes_model; p. 7 (The Options Greeks, table: Theta, Call)

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Here $K,r,\sigma,T,S,t$ are arbitrary real numbers subject to the hypotheses $K>0$ , $\sigma>0$ , $S>0$ and $t<T$ (so $\tau:=T-t>0$ ); $r$ is unrestricted (it may be zero or negative). $N$ , $N'$ , $d_\pm$ , $C$ , $P$ are the functions of the companion definition file (normal distribution function given by its integral, normal density in closed form, $d_\pm=d_\pm(S,K,r,\sigma,T-t)$ , call price $C(S,t)=N(d_+)S-N(d_-)Ke^{-r(T-t)}$ , put price $P(S,t)=N(-d_-)Ke^{-r(T-t)}-N(-d_+)S$ ).

The theorem asserts that $t'\mapsto C(S,t')$ is differentiable at $t$ with derivative

-\frac{S\,N'(d_+)\,\sigma}{2\sqrt{T-t}}-r\,K\,e^{-r(T-t)}\,N(d_-),

with $d_\pm=d_\pm(S,K,r,\sigma,T-t)$ evaluated at the point $t$ and $N'(x)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2\pi}}e^{-x^2/2}$ .

Human review

Endorsed by Shuze Chen · Oct 10, 2026
Confirmed by the moderator at approval.
Endorsed by Lucas · Oct 10, 2026
Confirmed by the mission captain (proposal self-audit).

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