PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION

Meaning of normal distribution:- Normal distribution, also known as

the Gaussian distribution, is a probability distribution that is symmetric about
the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence
than data far from the mean. In graph form, normal distribution will appear as
a bell curve.
The normal distribution is the most common type of distribution is the most
common type of distribution assumed in technical stock market analysis and in
other types of statistical analyses. The standard normal distribution has two
parameters the mean and the standard deviation. For a normal distribution,
68% of the observations are within +/- one standard deviation of the
mean,95% are within +/-two standard deviations, and 99.7% are within+- three
standard deviations.

A normal distribution is the proper term for a probability bell curve

In a normal distribution the mean is zero and the standard deviation is 1. It has
zero skew and a kurtosis of 3.
Normal distributions are symmetrical, but not all symmetrical distributions are
normal.
In reality, most pricing distributions are not perfectly normal.

Characteristics of Normal
Distribution:- The normal curve is symmetrical about the mean u. It is
perfectly symmetrical around its center. That is, the right side of the center is a
minor image of the left side.
The mean is at the middle and divides the area into halves. The center of a
normal distribution is located at its peak, and 50% of the data lies above the
mean, while 50% lies below lies below. It means that the mean, median and
mode are all equal in a normal distribution