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A binary call option is, at long expirations, similar to a tight call spread using two vanilla options. One can model the value of a binary cash-or-nothing option, C , at strike K , as an infinitesimally tight spread, where C v {\displaystyle C_{v}} is a vanilla European call: [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
The intrinsic value is the difference between the underlying spot price and the strike price, to the extent that this is in favor of the option holder. For a call option, the option is in-the-money if the underlying spot price is higher than the strike price; then the intrinsic value is the underlying price minus the strike price.
In finance, a spread option is a type of option where the payoff is based on the difference in price between two underlying assets. 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.
In finance, a spread trade (also known as a relative value trade) is the simultaneous purchase of one security and sale of a related security, called legs, as a unit.Spread trades are usually executed with options or futures contracts as the legs, but other securities are sometimes used.
In finance, the binomial options pricing model (BOPM) provides a generalizable numerical method for the valuation of options.Essentially, the model uses a "discrete-time" (lattice based) model of the varying price over time of the underlying financial instrument, addressing cases where the closed-form Black–Scholes formula is wanting.
Vertical spreads can sometimes approximate binary options, and can be produced using vanilla options. Bull vertical spread - Bull call spread and bull put spread are bullish vertical spreads constructed using calls and puts respectively.
at option maturity, value is based on moneyness for all nodes in that time-step; at earlier nodes, value is a function of the expected value of the option at the nodes in the later time step, discounted at the short-rate of the current node; where non-European value is the greater of this and the exercise value given the corresponding bond value.
In finance, the style or family of an option is the class into which the option falls, usually defined by the dates on which the option may be exercised.The vast majority of options are either European or American (style) options.