Option Market Basics An Introduction to Project 2 Richard Cangelosi February 27, 2003
Oct 20, 2014
Option Market BasicsAn Introduction to Project 2
Richard CangelosiFebruary 27, 2003
What Will be Discussed• The Language of options• Payoff diagrams• Put-call parity• Option pricing
• Basic assumptions• Simple model
• Requirements for Preliminary Report
Objective
To Price a European Call Option Using Excel-Based
Simulations and Bootstrapping methods
Markets and Instruments• Money Markets• Capital Markets
Longer-term fixed income markets Equity markets Option markets Futures markets
Equity Markets• Common stock, also known as
equity securities or equities, represent ownership shares in a corporation
• One share – one vote• Residual claim• Limited liability• Primary versus Secondary Markets
Derivative Markets
These instruments provide payoffs that depend on the values of other assets such as commodity prices, bond and stock prices, or market index values.
Why Buy Stock?• What is the opportunity?• What is the risk?• If you buy a stock for $100 today and sell it
one year later for $100, did you break even?• Is there a way to change the risk/reward
profile of buying stocks?
Stock and T-bill Payoffs
Some Options Strategy Payoffs
What Are Options?Options are:• Contracts • Giving the buyer the right to buy or sell• An underlying asset
(e.g., 100 shares of specified common stock)
• At a fixed price (the strike price)• On or before a given date
Terminology• Holder: Buyer (has a “long” position)
Option buyers have rights Long Calls: the right to buy Long Puts: the right to sell
• Writer: Seller (has a “short” position)Option writers have obligations
Short Calls: the obligation to sell Short Puts: the obligation to buy
Important Terminology• Underlying Typically 100 shares of the
stock on which the right or obligation exists.
Example:
XYZ December 80 Call @ 5.50
100 shares of XYZ stock is the “underlying” of this option
Important Terminology• Strike or Exercise Price Price at which
the underlying may be bought or soldExample:
XYZ December 80 Call @ 5.50$80 per share is the price at which the buyer of this call has the right to buy 100 shares of XYZ stock.
Important Terminology• Expiration Date The day on which the
option ceases to exist. Typically, the expiration date is the Saturday following the third Friday of the expiration month.
Example:XYZ December 80 Call @ 5.50The Saturday following the third Friday in December is the expiration date of this option.
Important Terminology• Premium The price of an option that is
paid by the buyer and received by the seller.
Example:XYZ December 80 Call @ 5.50$5.50 per share, or $550 per option, not including commissions, is paid by the option buyer and received by the option writer.
Important Terminology• Exercise Buyers invoke their rights
• Call Exercise: Call buyers choose to buy stock at the strike price (from the call seller)
• Put Exercise: Put buyers choose to sell stock at the strike price (to the put seller)
Important Terminology• Exercise Styles
• European style exercise – option can be exercised only on the expiration date
• American style exercise – the option can be exercised on any day up and including the expiration date.
Important TerminologyAssigned Being called upon to fulfill an obligation.Call Assignment Call sellers are
randomly chosen and are required to sell stock at the strike price to the call buyer.
Put Assignment Put sellers are randomly chosen and are required to buy stock at the strike price from the put buyer.
Intrinsic Value and Time ValueStock Price = $56.00Price of 50-strike Call Option = 8.00
Strike Price = 50
Option Premium (or Price) = 8.00Intrinsic
Value = 6.00
Time Value =
2.00Stock Price = 56
Intrinsic Value
• Intrinsic value of a call with a strike price = K is
• Intrinsic value of a put with a strike price = K is
0,max KS
0,max SK
Intrinsic / Time Value Quiz
The In’s and Out’s of Options
In-The-Money Calls:• Stock price is above strike price• In-the-money calls have intrinsic valueExample:
With a stock price of $63, the 60 Call is in-the-money. Specifically, it is in-the-money by $3, and it has $3 (per share) of intrinsic value.
The In’s and Out’s of OptionsOut-of-The-Money Calls• Stock price below strike price• Out-of-the-money calls do not have
intrinsic valueExample:
With a stock price of $63, the 65 Call is out-of-the-money. Specifically, it is out-of-the-money by $2, and it has no intrinsic value.
The In’s and Out’s of OptionsAt-The-Money Calls:• Stock price equal to strike price• At-the-money calls do not have intrinsic
valueExample:
With a stock price of $60, the 60 Call is at-the-money.
The In’s and Out’s QuizStockPrice Option In, At, Out ? ?
$55 60 Call __________
$33 35 Call __________
$77 75 Call __________
Ticker Symbol Example
M S Q J L
The underlying
Type and Expiration
Strike
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
CALLS A B C D E F G H I J K L
PUTS M N O P Q R S T U V W X
Four Basic Positions
Right to buy
Right to sell
CALL PUT
Obligation to buy
Obligation to sell
Buyer(long)
Seller(short)
I’m Long, Now What?
• Exercise it• Let it expire• Sell it
I’m Short, Now What
• Live with assignment• Let it expire• Buy it back
Call Payoff at Expiration
60
-5
55 65
+5
0
Long Stock @ 60
60-strike Call @ 3
Put Payoff at Expiration
60
-5
55 65
+5
0
Long Stock @ 60
60-strike Put @ 3
Straddle Payoff at Expiration
60
-5
55 65
+5
0
Long Stock @ 60
60-strike Straddle @ 5
Arbitrage Table• An arbitrage table describes the returns of
a specially constructed portfolio of securities associated with the same underlying stock.
• The Future value of the portfolio is calculated for each possible level of the stock price at option expiration.
• A portfolio yielding zero returns must have zero current value to prevent riskless profitable arbitrage.
SymbolsS = current market price of underlying stockC = current value of an associated callP = current value of an associated putK = strike priceS* = market price of underlying on x-datet = time to expirationr = one plus the rate of interest on a default-free loan over a given period
Arbitrage Table Illustrating Put-call Parity Relationship
Current Expiration Date
Date S*< K K < S*
Write Call C 0 K – S*
Buy Put – P K – S* 0
Buy Stock – S S* S*
Borrow Kr – t – K – K
Total 0 0
Put-call Parity RelationshipThe put-call parity relationship on European options on stock that pay no dividends is
SPKrC t
The Mystery• ABC three-month 60 call @ 3
• SMB three-month 55 call @ 2
• XYZ three-month 35 put @ 2.25
• XXYZ three-month 45 put @ 2.75
What determines these prices?
PremiumsOptions can be considered insurance
policies
• Put options can insure stock holdings- puts allow you to fix a selling price
• Call options can insure cash holdings- calls allow you to fix a buying price
Car InsuranceDRIVER A DRIVER B$25,000 Car Price $25,000
$500 Deductible $500
6 months Time 6 months
5% Interest Rate 5% $450 Premium $650
PremiumsSTOCK A STOCK B48 Stock Price 48
45 Strike Price 45
3 months Time 3 months
5% Interest Rate 5% $100 Premium $275
Pricing ComponentsInsurance Premium
• asset value• deductible• term of policy• cost of money
(interest)• risk assessment
Stock Option Premium
• current stock price• strike price• time to expiration• cost of money
(interest & dividends)
• volatility forecast
Option PricingInputs:• Stock price• Strike price• Time until expiration• Cost of money (interest rates less dividends)• Volatility (a measure of risk)
Outputs:• Call and Put Premiums
Types of Volatility• Historical
actual volatility during a specified time period • Future
actual volatility from present to option expiration• Implied
volatility that justifies an option’s currentmarket price
• Forecasted estimate of future volatility used in computermodels to calculate theoretical values
Changes Affect PremiumsStock Price 50 50 50 50
Strike Price 50 50 50 50 50
I nterest Rate 4% 4% 4% 4%
Time to Exp 30 30 30 30
Volatility 16% 16% 16% 16%
Call Price $1.00
8%
$1.08
60
$1.45
32%
$1.89
51
$1.62
(No Dividend)
Basic Ideas About Option Pricing
We when attempt to model physical phenomena (in this case, option prices), we usually must make simplifying assumptions, otherwise, our model is likely to be so unwieldy as to make it of little value.However, if our model is too simplistic, it made not provide an adequate description of the phenomena that we wish to study.
Assumptions1. Past history cannot be used to predict the future price of a stock. If this could be done, all investors would move their money to the stock with the best predicted return. This would drive up the price of that stock, destroying its potential value.
2. The past history of prices for a given stock can be used to predict the amount of future variation in the price of that stock. Market history indicates that stocks whose price has fluctuated widely in the past will continue to show such fluctuation, those with limited variability will retain that trait. The extent of a stock price’s variability is called its volatility.
Assumptions3. All investments, whose values can be predicted probabilistically, are assumed to give the same rate of return. If this was not so, then all smart investors would switch their money to the investment with the highest predicted rate of return. Such movement of capital is called arbitrage. This would raise the cost of the chosen investment, and destroy its predicted rate of return.
4. We will assume that the common growth rate for all investments whose future values can be predicted is the rate of return on a United States Treasury Bill. Since the rate for this investment is guaranteed by the federal government, it is called the risk-free rate.
5. All investments with the same expected rate of growth are considered to be of equal value to investors. Obviously, some people will prefer one type of investment over another. However, tastes will vary, so we will ignore it in our pricing. This is called the risk neutral assumption.
Basic Idea Behind Option PricingSuppose the following prices exist:
• Current stock price is S=$50• Price at end of a period of time is
S*=$25 or S*=100• Call with strike price K = $50,
expiring at the end of the period• Rate, r =25%
Can We Determine C ?
Basic Idea Behind Option Pricing
Consider the hedge portfolio
1. Write three calls at C each2. Buy two shares at $50 each3. Borrow $40 at 25%, to be paid
back at the end of the period
Arbitrage Table for Leveraged Hedge Portfolio
Current Expiration Date
Date S*= 25 S* = 100Write 3 Calls 3C 0 – 150
Buy 2 shares – 100 50 200
Borrow 40 – 50 – 50
Total 0 0
Arbitrage Table for Leveraged Hedge Portfolio
Regardless of the outcome, the hedge exactly breaks even on the expiration date. Therefore, to prevent profitable riskless arbitrage, the current cash flow of portfolio must be zero
Arbitrage Table for Leveraged Hedge Portfolio
Since the current cash flow to establish the portfolio must be zero, we have
We did not need to know the probability that the stock will rise or fall!
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Preliminary Reports• Read Business Background for Project 2• Begin with the goal of the project – to price a
European style call option• Give background on underlying security• Discuss the assumptions• Discuss option basics• Show a sample of downloaded data• Plot annual high and low of data• Show a graph of the previous 5 years of
closing prices