Reading #59&60- Futures Mkts, Contracts & Options Flashcards

1
Q

major difference between future and forward contracts

A

future contracts are standardized and done through clearinghosue

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2
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define initial margin

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“money that must be deposited in futures account before any trading takes place”

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3
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define maintenance margin

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“amt of margin that must be maintained in futures account”

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4
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define variation margin

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“funds that must be deposited into account to bring it back to initial margin amt”

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5
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define settlement price

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closing price, but not just last trade; “average of prices of trades during last period of trading”

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6
Q

Eurodollar futures - long position pays or receives when rates decrease?

A

receives - opposite form FRA

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7
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define “long call”

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“buyer of call option - right to buy underlying asset”

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8
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define short call

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“writer (seller) of a call - obligation to sell underlying asset”

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9
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define long put

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“buyer of put option - right to sell underlying asset”

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10
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define short put

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“writer of a put - obligation to buy the underlying asset”

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11
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define american options

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can be “exercised at any time up to and including the contract’s expiration date”

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12
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define european options

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can be “exercised only on the contract’s expiration date”

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13
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FORMULA: call option in-the- money

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If S-X >0 (S = selling and X = bought share for price)

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14
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FORMULA: call option out-of-the-money

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If S-X< 0

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15
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FORMULA: options that are at-the-money (put and call)

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S=X

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16
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FORMULA: put option in-the-money

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if X-S>0 , bought the share (s) and exercising at X

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17
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FORMULA: put option out-of-the-money

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if X-S<0

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18
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LEAPS (long-term equity anticipatory securities)

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most options expire 2-4 months of current dates, leaps have expirations +1 year

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19
Q

OTC options

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for retail trade, largely unregulated

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20
Q

define financial options

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“include equity options and options based on stock indices” can include interest rates and foreign currencies

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21
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define options on futures

A

also called futures options - i.e. the call or put options

22
Q

define commodity options

A

gives holder right to buy or sell fixed quantity of physical asset

23
Q

define interest rate options

A

“similar to stock options, but exercise price is interest rate and underlying asset is a ref. rate like LIBOR”

24
Q

how are interest rate options and FRAs similar

A

neither have deliverable assets, settled in cash based on notional amount

25
Q

what combination of an interest rate option will have same payoff as a long position in FRA?

A

long interest rate call combined with a short interest rate put can have same payoff as long FRA

26
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define interest rate cap

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“series of interest rate call options” expiration dates correspond to reset date on floating rate loan

27
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define interest rate floor

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“series of interest rate put options - expiration dates correspond to reset on floating rate loan”

28
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define interest rate collar

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combo of cap and floor “borrower to buy a cap and sell a floor”

29
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define option intrinsic value

A

“amount option is in-the-money”

30
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define time value of option

A

amount by which option premium exceeds intrinsic value

31
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time value of option formula

A

option value = intrinsic value + time value

32
Q

define lower bound of option for euro and US options

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no option will sell less than intrinsic and will not go neg, therefore lower bound for euro and american is 0

33
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Upper bound for euro and US CALL options

A

max value for either is share price of underlying stock. therefore C <or= Strike

34
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upper bound for euro and us PUT options

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US - cannot be more than strike price. euro options cannot be exercised prior to expiration, so max val is PV of exercise price discounted at RFR (risk free rate)

35
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Euro Call MINIMUM Value

A

c>or= S-X/(1+RFR)raised to T-t

36
Q

Euro Call MAXIMUM Value

A

S

37
Q

European PUT MINIMUM Value

A

p0 +S0-X/(1+RFR)raised to T > or = 0

38
Q

European PUT MAXIMUM Value

A

X/(1+RFR)raised to (T-t)

39
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US Call MINIMUM Value

A

c>or= S-X/(1+RFR)raised to T-t

40
Q

US Call MAX Value

A

S

41
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US Put MIN Value

A

X-S

42
Q

US PUT MAX Value

A

X

43
Q

call prices - inversely or directly related to exercise price?

A

inversely

44
Q

put prices - inversely or directly related to exercise price?

A

directly

45
Q

longer time to expiration - increase or decrease value of an option?

A

increase the value (except with european puts - because the longer the time, the more it is discounted and therefore could be less than shorter term puts)

46
Q

define put-call parity

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“payoffs of two portfolio combinations - fiduciary call and protective put”

47
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define fiduciary call

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combo of “pure-discount that pays X at maturity and a call with exercise price X” so when in the money it is X+(S-X) = S

48
Q

define protective put

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“share of s tock together with a put option on the stock”, when put is in money (X-S)+S = X

49
Q

Put Call Parity FORUMLA

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c+ X / (1+RFR)raised to T = S +P

50
Q

more “volatility in the price of the underlying asset will have what effect on the value of a call option and the value of a put option?”

A

increase, increase

51
Q

Increase in the RFR has what value on a put and call?

A

Call goes up and put down

52
Q

Are options more or less valuable with longer time to expiration?

A

More valuable - exception is with Euro put