Chapter 2 Flashcards

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the price at which an option holder can buy or sell the underlying asset

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strike or exercise price

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Types of options contract

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Call option
Put Option

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3
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grants the right to purchase a share of stock at a fixed price on or before a certain date

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Call option

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4
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Grants the right to sell a share of stocks at a fixed price on or before a certain date

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Put option

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5
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is a contract between two parties, neither of
whom need have any connection to the company
whose stock serves as the underlying asset for the
contract

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Option

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6
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are not necessarily issued by firms.

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Options

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7
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Options trade either on an

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exchange or over the counter market

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8
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as the price an investor would be willing to pay for the option of the instant before it expires.

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Options payoff

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9
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is distinct from it’s price, or premium, because the payoff only refers to the price of the option at a particular instant in time, t he expiration date.

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Options payoff

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10
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refers to the profit or loss an option buyer or seller makes from a trade.

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Call option payoff

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11
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A graph that illustrates an option’s payoff as a function of the underlying stock price.

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Payoff Diagrams

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12
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These diagrams are extremely useful tools for underrated how options behave and how they can be combined to form portfolios with fascinating properties.

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Payoff Diagrams

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13
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is the right,
but not the obligation

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Put option

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14
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to sell an asset at a pre specified price on, or before, a pre specified date in the future.

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Put Option

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15
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The concept of combining call and put options to create portfolios with unique payoff structures.

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Payoffs for Portfolios of Options and Other Securities

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16
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The graphs illustrate the payoff scenarios for long and short positions in both common stock and risk free, zero coupon bonds.

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Payoff Diagrams for Stocks and Bonds

17
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This graph represents a portfolio that combines a long position in the underlying stock with a long position in a put option for that same stock, having a strike price of

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Payoff from One Long Share
and One Long Put

18
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Is a fundamental principle in options pricing and trading.

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Put Call Parity

19
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Option Pricing Models

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The Binomial Model
The Black and Scholes Model

20
Q

It is an options valuation method developed in 1979. The model assumes that stock price have two possible movement directions at each time point up or down.

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The Binomial Model

21
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Recognizes investors can combine options with shares of the underlying assets to construct a portfolio with an risk free payoff.

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The Binomial Model

22
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Three steps of binomial model:

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  1. Create a risk free portfolio
  2. Calculate the present value of portfolio
  3. Determine the price of the option
23
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aka the Black Scholes Merton (BSM) model, is a differential equation widely

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The Black Scholes model

24
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is a differential equation widely
used to price options contracts.

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The Black-scholes Model

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five input variables of black scholes model
The Strike price of an option The Current stock price The Time to expiration the risk-free rate the volatility
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and where: S X t r o e N(X)
S = current market price of underlying stock X = strike price of option t = amount of time (in years) before option expires r = annual risk free interest rate o = annual standard deviation of underlying stock's returns e = 2.718 (approximately) N(X) = the probability of drawing a value less than or equal to X from the
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are essentially call options that give employees the right to buy shares in the company they work for at a fixed price.
Employee Stock Options
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requires firms to treat the value of employee stock options grants as an expense on the income statement.
Financial accounting standards board
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are securities that are issued by firms and that grant investors the right to buy shares of stock at a fixed price, for a given period of time.
* Warrants
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Are contract investors who are not necessarily connected to the firm whose stock serves as the underlying asset
Call options
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2. When investors are exercise warrants, the number of outstanding shares increase and the issuing firm receives the ???? as a capital inflow.
strike price
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are often issued with expiration dates that are several years in the future
Warrants
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expire in just a few months
Options
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A bond that gives investors the right to convert their bonds into shares.
Convertible bond
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The market price of a convertible bond, divided by the number of shares of stock that bondholders receive if they convert.
Conversion Price
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The number of shares bondholders receive if they convert their bonds into shares.
Conversion Ratio
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The percentage increase in the underlying stock that must occur before it is profitable to exercise the option to convert a bond into shares.
Conversion Premium
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The market price of the stock, multiplied by the number of shares of stock that bondholders receive if they convert.
Conversion Value