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The embedded "option cost" can be quantified by subtracting the OAS from the Z-spread (which ignores optionality and volatility). Since prepayments typically rise as interest rates fall and vice versa, the basic (pass-through) MBS typically has negative bond convexity (second derivative of price over yield), meaning that the price has more ...
For example, for a put option sold for $2 with a strike price of $50 against stock LMN the potential return for the naked put would be: Naked Put Potential Return = 2/(50.0-2)= 4.2% The break-even point is the stock strike price minus the put option price. Break-even = $50 – $2.00 = $48.00
Here the price of the option is its discounted expected value; see risk neutrality and rational pricing. The technique applied then, is (1) to generate a large number of possible, but random, price paths for the underlying (or underlyings) via simulation, and (2) to then calculate the associated exercise value (i.e. "payoff") of the option for ...
For example, the two assets could be crude oil and heating oil; trading such an option might be of interest to oil refineries, whose profits are a function of the difference between these two prices. Spread options are generally traded over the counter, rather than on exchange. [1] [2] A 'spread option' is not the same as an 'option spread'.
If the trader is bullish, you set up a bullish credit spread using puts. Look at the following example. Trader Joe expects XYZ to rally sharply from its current price of $20 a share. Write 10 January 19 puts at $0.75 $750 Buy 10 January 18 puts at $.40 ($400) net credit $350 Consider the following scenarios:
The spread between 2 and 10-year Treasuries has been inverted since last July. The two-year U.S. Treasury yield, which typically moves in step with interest rate expectations, rose 3.6 basis ...
For example, a bull spread constructed from calls (e.g., long a 50 call, short a 60 call) combined with a bear spread constructed from puts (e.g., long a 60 put, short a 50 put) has a constant payoff of the difference in exercise prices (e.g. 10) assuming that the underlying stock does not go ex-dividend before the expiration of the options.
Suppose S 1 (t) and S 2 (t) are the prices of two risky assets at time t, and that each has a constant continuous dividend yield q i. The option, C, that we wish to price gives the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to exchange the second asset for the first at the time of maturity T. In other words, its payoff, C(T), is max(0, S 1 (T ...