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Chapter 15 - options markets Flashcards

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call option

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The right to buy an asset at a specified exercise price on or before a specified expiration date

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exercise/strike price

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Price set for calling (buying) an asset or putting (selling) an asset

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premium

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Purchase price of an option

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seller of call options

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  • writes calls
  • Receive premium income now as payment against the possibility they will be required at some later date to deliver the asset in return for an exercise price less than the market value of the asset
  • If call expires, profit = premium
  • If call is exercised, profit = premium - (value of stock to deliver - exercise price paid for those shares)
  • If that difference is larger than the initial premium, the writer incurs a loss
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put option

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The right to sell an asset at a specified exercise price on or before a specified expiration date

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In the money (ITM)

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  • An option where exercise would generate a positive cash flow
  • ITM call: strike < MP
  • ITM put: strike > put
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Out of the money (OTM)

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  • An option that, if exercised, would produce a negative cash flow
  • Out-of-the-money options are therefore never exercised
  • OTM call: strike > MP
  • OTM put: strike < MP
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At the money (ATM)

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An option where the exercise price equals the asset price

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largest options market

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International Securities Exchange

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LEAPS

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Long-term Equity AnticiPation Securities

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American options

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  • Can be exercised on or before its expiration
    -Generally more valuable than identical European options because of the more leeway
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European option

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Can be exercised only at expiration

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Options Clearing Corporation (OCC)

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  • Clearinghouse for options, jointly owned by the exchanges on which options are traded
  • Mediary
  • Because OCC guarantees contract performance, it requires option writers to post margin
  • OTM options require less margin because expected payouts are lower
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Index options

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  • A call/put based on a stock market index (E.x. S&P 500)
  • Does not require the writer actually “deliver/purchase the index” upon exercise
  • a cash settlement procedure is used
  • Payoff = exercise price - value of index
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futures options

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  • Holders have the right to buy/sell a specified futures contract, futures price is the expiration
  • Call holder receives current futures price - exercise price
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foreign currency options

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  • Right to buy/sell a specified quantity of foreign currency for a specified number of $
  • Quoted in cents or fractions of a cent per unit of foreign currency
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currency options

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payoff depend on the difference between the exercise price and the exchange rate at expiration

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currency futures option

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payoff depends on the difference between the exercise price and the exchange rate futures price

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interest rate options

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  • Treasury notes/bonds/bills and gov bonds of other major economies
  • Treasury note/bond rates, federal funds rate, LIBOR, and British and euro-denominated yields
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Payoff to call holder at expiration =

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  • (ST - X) if ST > X
  • 0 if ST <= X
  • Net profit = payoff - initial price of call
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Payoff to call writer at expiration =

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  • -(ST - X) if ST > X)
  • 0 if ST <= X
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Payoff to put holder at expiration =

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  • 0 if ST >= X
  • (X - ST) if ST < X
  • Net profit = payoff - initial price of put
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Payoff to put writer at expiration =

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  • 0 if ST >= X
  • -(ST - X) if ST < X
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writing puts naked

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  • writing a put without an offsetting short position in the stock
  • Exposes the writer to losses if the market falls
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bullish options

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  • Purchasing calls
  • Writing puts
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bearish options

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  • Purchasing puts
  • Writing calls
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risk management using options

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Strategies to limit the risk of a portfolio

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protective put

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  • An asset combined with a put option that guarantees minimum proceeds equal to the put’s exercise price
  • Cost of protection is that, if the stock price increases, your profit is reduced by the cost of the put
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covered call

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  • Writing a call on an asset together with buying the asset
  • “Covered” because the potential obligation to deliver the stock can be satisfied using the stock held in the portfolio
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straddle

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  • A combination of a call and a put, each with the same exercise price and expiration date
  • Worst-case is no movement in the stock price
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strip

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two puts and one call on a security with the same exercise price and expiration date

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strap

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two calls and one put on a security with the same exercise and expiration date

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spread

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A combination of two or more call options or put options on the same asset with differing exercise prices or times to expiration

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money spread

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purchase of one option and the sale of another with a different exercise price

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time spread

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sale and purchase of options with differing expiration dates

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collar

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An options strategy that brackets the value of a portfolio between two bounds

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callable bond

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  • Entitling the issuer to buy the bonds back form the bondholders at a specified call price
  • Conveys a “call option” to the issuer, where the exercise price is the call price
  • “Premium” to the bondholder (“writer”) is higher coupon rate
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convertible securities

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  • Convey options to the holder of the security rather than to the issuing firm
  • Gives its holder the right to exchange each bond or share of Pstock for a fixed number of shares of Cstock, regardless of the MP of the securities at the time
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warrants

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  • An option issued by the firm to purchase shares of the firm’s stock
  • Requires the firm to issue a new share of stock to satisfy its obligation
  • Provides CF to the firm when the warrant holder pays the exercise price
  • Generally protected against stock splits and dividends in that the number of warrants and the exercise price is adjusted to offset the effects of the split
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fully diluted EPS

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EPS figures under the assumption that all convertible securities and warrants are exercised

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nonrecourse loan

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gives the lender no recourse beyond the right to the collateral

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Asian options

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  • have payoffs that depend on the average price of the underlying asset during some portion of the life of the option
  • may be of interest to firms that wish to hedge a profit stream that depends on the average price of a commodity over some time period
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Currency-translated options

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  • Have asset or exercise prices denominated in a foreign currency
  • The amount of currency that will be translated into dollars depends on the performance of the foreign investment
44
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Quanto option

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allows an investor to fix in advance the exchange rate at which in investment in a foreign currency can be converted back into dollars

45
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digital options

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Have fixed payoffs that depend on whether a condition is satisfied by the price of the underlying asset

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