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In finance, the expiration date of an option contract (represented by Greek letter tau, τ) is the last date on which the holder of the option may exercise it according to its terms. [1] In the case of options with "automatic exercise", the net value of the option is credited to the long and debited to the short position holders.
In general, equity call options should only be exercised early on the day before an ex-dividend date, and then only for deep in-the-money options. For an American-style put option, early exercise is a possibility for deep in-the-money options. In this case, it may make sense to exercise the option early in order to obtain the intrinsic value (K ...
A compound option is an option on another option, and as such presents the holder with two separate exercise dates and decisions. If the first exercise date arrives and the 'inner' option's market price is below the agreed strike the first option will be exercised (European style), giving the holder a further option at final maturity.
The options trader makes a profit of $200, or the $400 option value (100 shares * 1 contract * $4 value at expiration) minus the $200 premium paid for the call.
When an option is exercised, the cost to the option holder is the strike price of the asset acquired plus the premium, if any, paid to the issuer. If the option's expiration date passes without the option being exercised, the option expires, and the holder forfeits the premium paid to the issuer.
Least Square Monte Carlo is a technique for valuing early-exercise options (i.e. Bermudan or American options).It was first introduced by Jacques Carriere in 1996. [12]It is based on the iteration of a two step procedure:
At expiration, usually either the option is in the money, and the seller has bought or sold enough of the underlier to satisfy his obligation under the option contract, or; the option is out of the money, and the option will expire worthless, and the seller of the option would have no position in the underlier.
With the option exercise on 1.6 million shares on Tuesday, he has exercised all of the options on 22.8 million shares, which are due to expire in August. He also sold 934,090 shares for $1.02 ...