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CHAPTER 10

CHAPTER 10. OPTIONS. OPTIONS. DIFFERENCES BTW OPTIONS AND FUTURES, AN OPTION CONTRACT PERMITS THE BUYER TO CHOOSE WHETHER OR NOT EXERCISE THE OPTION. IN FUTURES CONTRACT BOTH BUYER AND SELLER TAKE OBLIGATIONS.

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CHAPTER 10

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  1. CHAPTER 10 OPTIONS

  2. OPTIONS • DIFFERENCES BTW OPTIONS AND FUTURES, • AN OPTION CONTRACT PERMITS THE BUYER TO CHOOSE WHETHER OR NOT EXERCISE THE OPTION. IN FUTURES CONTRACT BOTH BUYER AND SELLER TAKE OBLIGATIONS. • BUYER OF AN OPTION CONTRACT PAYS PREMIUM. IN A FUTURE CONTRACT NEITHER PARTY PAYS PREMIUM.

  3. OPTIONS • OPTION WRITER= SELLER OF AN OPTIONS CONTRACT. • OPTION HOLDER= BUYER • CONTRACTS TYPES; • CALL OPTION • PUT OPTION

  4. OPTIONS • OPTION WRITER (SELLER) HAS 3 ALTERNATIVES; • CLOSING UP THE POSITION. • IF THE OPTION BUYER WANTS TO EXERCISE, OPTION WRITER HAS TO OBEY. • IF THE BUYER DO NOT WANT TO EXERCISE, PREMIUM WILL BE HIS GAIN.

  5. OPTIONS • OPTION HOLDER (BUYER) HAS 3 ALTERNATIVES; • HE CAN SELL THE OPTION THAT HE BUYS, • CAN EXERCISE, • WILL NOT EXERCISE, WAIT UNTIL THE EXPIRATION DATE, THE PREMIUM WILL BE HIS LOSS.

  6. OPTIONS • CALL OPTION: PROVIDES THE OPTION BUYER THE RIGHT TO PURCHASE THE UNDERLYING SECURITIES AT PREDETERMINED PRICE. • PUT OPTION: TO SELL THE UNDERLYING SECURITIES AT PREDETERMINED PRICE.

  7. OPTIONS • STRIKE (EXERCISE) PRICE:IT IS THE PRICE AT WHICH THE HOLDER CAN SELL TO OR BUY FROM THE WRITER THE ITEM THAT UNDERLIES THE OPTION. • EXPIRATION DATE: IT IS THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE HOLDER CAN EXERCISE AN OPTION. • PREMIUM: IS THE PRICE THAT BUYER OF AN OPTION PAYS AND THE WRITER OF AN OPTION RECEIVES.

  8. OPTIONS • TYPES OF OPTIONS; • An America-style option can be exercised by the holder at any time after it is purchased until it expires. • A European-style option may be exercised only on the expiration date. Most exchange-traded stock options (including Turkey’s) are American-style.

  9. OPTIONS • OUT OF MONEY OPTION; • A CALL OPTION IS OUT OF MONEY WHEN EXERCISE PRICE > MARKET PRICE • A PUT OPTION IS OUT OF MONEY WHEN EXERCISE PRICE < MARKET PRICE.

  10. OPTIONS • IN THE MONEY OPTION: • A CALL OPTION IS IN THE MONEY WHEN STRIKE PRICE < MARKET PRICE. • A PUT OPTION IS IN THE MONEY WHEN STRIKE PRICE > MARKET PRICE • AT THE MONEY: • MARKET PRICE = STRIKE PRICE

  11. OPTIONS: STOCK OPTIONS • A STOCK OPTION IS A CONTRACT THAT GIVES ITS HOLDER THE RIGHT, BUT NOT THE OBLIGATION, TO BUY OR SELL SHARES OF THE UNDERLYING SECURITY AT A SPECIFIED PRICE, ON OR BEFORE A GIVEN DATE. • OPTIONS HAVE STANDARDIZED TERMS, INCLUDING THE EXERCISE (STRIKE) PRICE AND EXPIRATION TIME.

  12. OPTIONS • THE CBOE IS THE WORLD’S LARGEST OPTION EXCHANGE. OPTIONS ARE ALSO TRADED ON; • THE AMERICAN STOCK EXCHANGE (AMEX) • THE PACIFIC EXCHANGE (PCX) • THE PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE (PHLX)

  13. OPTIONS • OPTIONS ARE NOT LIMITED TO COMMON STOCK. THEY ARE WRITTEN ON; • BONDS • CURRENCIES • FOREIGN EXCHANGE • SPECIFIC INDUSTRIES INDEXES

  14. OPTIONS: INDEX OPTIONS • UNLIKE STOCK OPTIONS, WHERE A STOCK CAN BE DELIVERED IF THE OPTION IS EXERCISED, FOR INDEX OPTIONS, THERE IS NO DELIVERY OF ANY STOCK. THEY ARE CASH SETTLEMENT CONTRACTS.

  15. OPTIONS: CURRENCY OPTIONS • A CURRENCY OPTION GIVES THE BUYER THE RIGHT TO BUY OR SELL A FIXED QUANTITY OF A SPECIFIED CURRENCY IN EXCHANGE FOR A SPECIFIC QUANTITY OF ANOTHER CURRENCY, IN A RATIO DETERMINED BY THE STRIKE PRICE OF THE OPTION.

  16. OPTIONS ON INTEREST RATE • OPTIONS ON INTEREST RATE EXIST FOR BOTH LONG-TERM AND SHORT-TERM FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS. AMONG THEM U.S. TREASURY NOTES AND BONDS ARE THE MOST POPULAR OPTION CONTRACTS.

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