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D.G. Luenberger
Before we talk about options
An option is the right, but not the obligation, to buy (or sell) an
underlying asset under specified terms. Usually there are a
specified price, called strike price or exercise price (K), and a
specified period of time, called maturity (T) or expiration date,
over which the option is valid.
An option is a derivative because whose cash flows are related
to the cash flows of the underlying asset.
If the option holder actually does buy and sell the underlying
asset, the option holder is said to exercise the option.
The market price of an option is called premium.
Option, II
Binomial lattice
S*u*u*u
S*u*u
S*u S*u*u*d
S S*u*d
S*d S*u*d*d
S*d*d
S*d*d*d
v std p u d del-t
0.12 0.15 0.5555 1.021 0.97941 0.01923
After 4 weeks
108.677
106.4
104.25 104.248
102.1 102.1
100 100 100
97.941 97.94
95.925 95.9251
93.95
92.0162
1-period binomial option theory, I
If up If down
S*u
S
S*d Cu
C
R Cd
1
R
stock call K
65.685 5.6849 60
62 3.1443
58.522 0
Stock 82.749
78.1067
73.7249 73.7249
69.5889 69.5889
65.6849 65.6849 65.6849
62 62 62
58.5218 58.5218 58.5218
55.2387 55.2387
52.1398 52.1398
49.2147
46.4538
std u d del-t R q K
0.2 1.05943 0.9439 0.08333 1.00833 0.5577 60
Stock Call
82.749 22.749
18.6026
73.7249 13.7249 14.7125
10.0848 11.189
65.6849 5.68495 6.95701 8.210984
3.14428 4.61068 5.84508
58.5218 0 1.73907 2.972037
0 0.96186
52.1398 0 0
0
46.4538 0
The call price for 1-month IBM call is $3.14. The call
price for 5-month IBM call is $5.85.
Holding other factors constant, the longer the
maturity, the higher the call premium.
The reason for this is that additional time allows for a
greater chance for the stock to rise in value,
increasing the final payoff of the call option.
See Figure 12.3, p. 324.
Along the same line of seasoning, the higher the
standard deviation, the higher the call premium. You
should verify this numerically.
How about put option pricing?