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<p>Variance-swap pricing engine using replicating cost,.  
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<div class="textblock"><p>Variance-swap pricing engine using replicating cost,. </p>
<p>as described in Demeterfi, Derman, Kamal &amp; Zou, "A Guide to Volatility and Variance Swaps", 1999</p>
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