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Life of an option
• The life of an option is limited: it has an
expiration date. After the expiration date all
the rights and obligations conferred by the
option are null and void. The option holder
can exercise the option, i.e. declare he or
she wants to use the right to buy (or to sell)
conferred by the option.
American-Style option
• American-Style option An option contract
that may be exercised at any time between
the date of purchase and the expiration date.
Most exchange-traded options are
American-style. In India options on stocks
are American option.
European-style options
• European-style options
An option contract that may be exercised
only during a specified period of time just
prior to its expiration. In India Index options
are European-style options.
QUESTION
You are reading the Wall Street Journal and you see the following table:
CALL PUT
Exercise M a r J u n S e p Mar Jun Sep
Price
30 10.15 10.85 11.65 0.05 0.35 0.85
35 5.40 6.90 8.10 0.25 1.35 2.15
40 1.90 4.00 5.35 1.75 3.40 4.35
45 0.40 2.10 3.45 5.30 6.50 7.40
50 0.05 1.05 2.15 10.05 10.50 11.15
Stock price: $40 Today's date: February
If you want to acquire the right to buy the underlying asset at $45 within 1 month, how much would that cost you per share?
a) $5.30
b) $40.00
c) $45.00
d) $5.40
e) $0.40
QUESTION
CALL PUT
Exercise Mar Jun Sep Mar Jun Sep
Price
30 10.15 10.85 11.65 0.05 0.35 0.85
35 5.40 6.90 8.10 0.25 1.35 2.15
40 1.90 4.00 5.35 1.75 3.40 4.35
45 0.40 2.10 3.45 5.30 6.50 7.40
50 0.05 1.05 2.15 10.05 10.50 11.15
Stock price: $40 Today's date: February
Now you want to acquire the right to sell the underlying asset after 6 months at $50. How much would that cost you?
a) $2.15
b) $0.05
c) $10.50
d) $11.15
e) $0.85
Terminology
• Let S0=The Stock Price. E=Exercise Price.
Strike Prices
Calls Strike Prices
Puts
160 162 164 166 168 170 172
Profit
Profit
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Rs. 200 S1
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Rs. 220 Rs. Per ACC
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Loss Call Premium “P”
Loss
Profit
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S2 E . Rs. 200
0 . Rs per ACC
Rs. 180
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Put Premium “q”
Loss
Call Put
Put Call
Bearish
FACTORS AFFECTING
PREMIA
• There are five major factors affecting
the Option premium:
Price of Underlying
Exercise Price Time to Maturity
Volatility of the Underlying
• And two less important factors:
Short-Term Interest Rates
Dividends
Entities in the trading system
Trading Members
Clearing Members
Participants
TRADING
Entities in the trading system
Trading Members
Trading members are members of NSE. They can
trade either on their own account or on behalf of
their clients including participants. The exchange
assign a trading member ID to each trading
member. Each trading member can have more
than one user. The number of user for each
trading member is notified by the exchange from
time to time. Each user of a trading member must
be registered with the exchange and is assigned an
unique user ID.
Entities in the trading system
Clearing Members
Clearing members are members of NSCCL.
They carry out risk management activities and
confirmation/inquiry of trades through the
trading system.
Entities in the trading system
Participants
A participant is a client of trading members like
financial institutions. These clients may trade
through multiple trading members but settle
through a single clearing member.
Order types and conditions
Time conditions
Price conditions
Other conditions
Order types and conditions
Time conditions
- Day Order:
A day order, as name suggest is an order
which is valid for the day on which it is
entered. If the order is not executed during
the day, the system cancels the order
automatically at the end of the day
Order types and conditions