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Options
Markets
Objectives:
1) Option
terminology
and
types
of
options
2) Payoff
structures
(from
buyer’s
and
seller’s
perspectives)
3) Determinants
of
option
premiums
4) Speculating
and
hedging
with
options
Option
Terminology:
Call
option
Put
option
In
the
money
At
the
money
Out
of
the
money
American
vs.
European
styles
Payoff
structures:
Using
actual
market
pricing,
determine
the
payoff
structure
(potential
gains
and
losses)
of:
1) call
option
purchased
a. at
the
money
b. in
the
money
c. out
of
the
money
2) put
option
purchased
a. at
the
money
b. in
the
money
c. out
of
the
money
Determinants
of
option
premiums:
1) market
price
of
the
underlying
instrument
2) volatility
of
the
underlying
instrument
3) time
to
maturity
of
the
option
Speculating
and
hedging
with
options:
1) Hedging
an
equity
portfolio
using
options
2) Selling
call
options
on
equity
to
create
income
on
an
equity
portfolio
3) Collar
strategy
4) Straddle
(view
on
volatility)