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| Preface | p. xiii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Derivative Markets and Instruments | p. 2 |
| Options | p. 2 |
| Forward Contracts | p. 3 |
| Futures Contracts | p. 3 |
| Swaps and Other Derivatives | p. 4 |
| The Underlying Asset | p. 4 |
| Important Concepts in Financial and Derivative Markets | p. 5 |
| Risk Preference | p. 5 |
| Short Sellin... MORE | p. 5 |
| Repurchase Agreements | p. 6 |
| Return and Risk | p. 6 |
| Market Efficiency and Theoretical Fair Value | p. 8 |
| Fundamental Linkages between Spot and Derivative Markets | p. 9 |
| Arbitrage and the Law of One Price | p. 10 |
| The Storage Mechanism: Spreading Consumption across Time | p. 11 |
| Delivery and Settlement | p. 11 |
| The Role of Derivative Markets | p. 12 |
| Risk Management | p. 12 |
| Price Discovery | p. 12 |
| Operational Advantages | p. 13 |
| Market Efficiency | p. 13 |
| Criticisms of Derivative Markets | p. 13 |
| Misuses of Derivatives | p. 14 |
| Derivatives and Your Career | p. 14 |
| Sources of Information on Derivatives | p. 15 |
| Book Overview | p. 15 |
| Organization of the Book | p. 15 |
| Key Features of the Book | p. 16 |
| Specific New Features of the Seventh Edition | p. 17 |
| Use of the Book | p. 17 |
| Summary | p. 18 |
| Key Terms | p. 18 |
| Further Reading | p. 19 |
| Questions and Problems | p. 19 |
| Options | p. 21 |
| Structure of Options Markets | p. 22 |
| Development of Options Markets | p. 23 |
| Call Options | p. 24 |
| Put Options | p. 24 |
| Over-the-Counter Options Market | p. 25 |
| Organized Options Trading | p. 26 |
| Listing Requirements | p. 27 |
| Contract Size | p. 27 |
| Exercise Prices | p. 28 |
| Expiration Dates | p. 28 |
| Position and Exercise Limits | p. 29 |
| Options Exchanges and Trading Activity | p. 29 |
| Option Traders | p. 30 |
| Market Maker | p. 31 |
| Floor Broker | p. 31 |
| Order Book Official | p. 32 |
| Other Option Trading Systems | p. 32 |
| Off-Floor Option Traders | p. 33 |
| Cost and Profitability of Exchange Membership | p. 33 |
| Mechanics of Trading | p. 34 |
| Placing an Opening Order | p. 34 |
| Role of the Clearinghouse | p. 34 |
| Placing an Offsetting Order | p. 36 |
| Exercising an Option | p. 37 |
| Option Price Quotations | p. 37 |
| Types of Options | p. 40 |
| Stock Options | p. 40 |
| Index Options | p. 40 |
| Currency Options | p. 41 |
| Other Types of Options | p. 41 |
| Real Options | p. 42 |
| Transaction Costs in Option Trading | p. 43 |
| Floor Trading and Clearing Fees | p. 43 |
| Commissions | p. 43 |
| Bid-Ask Spread | p. 43 |
| Other Transaction Costs | p. 44 |
| Regulation of Options Markets | p. 44 |
| Summary | p. 46 |
| Key Terms | p. 46 |
| Further Reading | p. 46 |
| Questions and Problems | p. 47 |
| Margin Requirements | p. 48 |
| Margin Requirements on Stock Transactions | p. 48 |
| Margin Requirements on Option Purchases | p. 48 |
| Margin Requirements on the Uncovered Sale of Options | p. 48 |
| Margin Requirements on Covered Calls | p. 49 |
| Questions and Problem | p. 49 |
| Taxation of Option Transactions | p. 50 |
| Taxation of Long Call Transactions | p. 50 |
| Taxation of Short Call Transactions | p. 50 |
| Taxation of Long Put Transactions | p. 51 |
| Taxation of Short Put Transactions | p. 51 |
| Taxation of Non-Equity Options | p. 51 |
| Wash and Constructive Sales | p. 52 |
| Questions and Problems | p. 52 |
| Principles of Option Pricing | p. 54 |
| Basic Notation and Terminology | p. 55 |
| Principles of Call Option Pricing | p. 57 |
| Minimum Value of a Call | p. 57 |
| Maximum Value of a Call | p. 59 |
| Value of a Call at Expiration | p. 59 |
| Effect of Time to Expiration | p. 60 |
| Effect of Exercise Price | p. 62 |
| Lower Bound of a European Call | p. 65 |
| American Call Versus European Call | p. 67 |
| Early Exercise of American Calls on Dividend-Paying Stocks | p. 69 |
| Effect of Interest Rates | p. 69 |
| Effect of Stock Volatility | p. 70 |
| Principles of Put Option Pricing | p. 70 |
| Minimum Value of a Put | p. 71 |
| Maximum Value of a Put | p. 72 |
| Value of a Put at Expiration | p. 72 |
| Effect of Time to Expiration | p. 73 |
| The Effect of Exercise Price | p. 75 |
| Lower Bound of a European Put | p. 76 |
| American Put Versus European Put | p. 79 |
| Early Exercise of American Puts | p. 79 |
| Put-Call Parity | p. 79 |
| Effect of Interest Rates | p. 82 |
| Effect of Stock Volatility | p. 83 |
| Summary | p. 84 |
| Key Terms | p. 86 |
| Further Reading | p. 86 |
| Questions and Problems | p. 87 |
| The Dynamics of Option Boundary Conditions: A Learning Exercise | p. 90 |
| Option Pricing Models: The Binomial Model | p. 92 |
| One-Period Binomial Model | p. 93 |
| Illustrative Example | p. 96 |
| Hedge Portfolio | p. 97 |
| Overpriced Call | p. 98 |
| Underpriced Call | p. 100 |
| Two-Period Binomial Model | p. 100 |
| Illustrative Example | p. 102 |
| Hedge Portfolio | p. 103 |
| Mispriced Call in the Two-Period World | p. 105 |
| Extensions of the Binomial Model | p. 106 |
| Pricing Put Options | p. 106 |
| American Puts and Early Exercise | p. 108 |
| Dividends, European Calls, American Calls, and Early Exercise | p. 108 |
| Extending the Binomial Model to n Periods | p. 113 |
| Behavior of the Binomial Model for Large n and Fixed Option Life | p. 115 |
| Alternative Specifications of the Binomial Model | p. 117 |
| Advantages of the Binomial Model | p. 119 |
| Calculating the Binomial Price with the Excel Spreadsheet BSMbin7e.xls | p. 120 |
| Summary | p. 121 |
| Key Terms | p. 122 |
| Further Reading | p. 122 |
| Questions and Problems | p. 123 |
| Option Pricing Models: The Black-Scholes-Merton Model | p. 125 |
| Origins of the Black-Scholes-Merton Formula | p. 125 |
| Black-Scholes-Merton Model as the Limit of the Binomial Model | p. 126 |
| Assumptions of the Black-Scholes-Merton Model | p. 128 |
| Stock Prices Behave Randomly and Evolve According to a Lognormal Distribution | p. 128 |
| Risk-Free Rate and Volatility of the Log Return on the Stock are Constant Throughout the Option's Life | p. 131 |
| No Taxes or Transaction Costs | p. 132 |
| Stock Pays No Dividends | p. 133 |
| Options Are European | p. 133 |
| A Nobel Formula | p. 133 |
| Digression on Using the Normal Distribution | p. 134 |
| Numerical Example | p. 135 |
| Calculating the Black-Scholes-Merton Price with the Excel Spreadsheet BSMbin7e.xls | p. 137 |
| Characteristics of the Black-Scholes-Merton Formula | p. 138 |
| Variables in the Black-Scholes-Merton Model | p. 141 |
| Stock Price | p. 142 |
| Exercise Price | p. 145 |
| Risk-Free Rate | p. 146 |
| Volatility or Standard Deviation | p. 147 |
| Time to Expiration | p. 149 |
| Black-Scholes-Merton Model When the Stock Pays Dividends | p. 151 |
| Known Discrete Dividends | p. 151 |
| Known Continuous Dividend Yield | p. 151 |
| Black-Scholes-Merton Model and Some Insights into American Call Options | p. 153 |
| Estimating the Volatility | p. 154 |
| Historical Volatility | p. 155 |
| Implied Volatility | p. 155 |
| Calculating the Historical Volatility with the Excel Spreadsheet Hisv7e.xls | p. 157 |
| Put Option Pricing Models | p. 163 |
| Managing the Risk of Options | p. 166 |
| Summary | p. 171 |
| Key Terms | p. 172 |
| Further Reading | p. 172 |
| Questions and Problems | p. 174 |
| A Shortcut to the Calculation of Implied Volatility | p. 177 |
| The BSMbwin7e.exe Windows Software | p. 179 |
| Basic Option Strategies | p. 181 |
| Terminology and Notation | p. 182 |
| Profit Equations | p. 182 |
| Different Holding Periods | p. 184 |
| Assumptions | p. 184 |
| Stock Transactions | p. 185 |
| Buy Stock | p. 185 |
| Sell Short Stock | p. 185 |
| Call Option Transactions | p. 187 |
| Buy a Call | p. 187 |
| Write a Call | p. 191 |
| Put Option Transactions | p. 193 |
| Buy a Put | p. 193 |
| Write a Put | p. 196 |
| Calls and Stock: The Covered Call | p. 199 |
| Some General Considerations with Covered Calls | p. 203 |
| Puts and Stock: The Protective Put | p. 204 |
| Synthetic Puts and Calls | p. 208 |
| Analyzing Option Strategies with the Excel Spreadsheet Stratlyz7e.xls | p. 211 |
| Summary | p. 215 |
| Key Terms | p. 215 |
| Questions and Problems | p. 215 |
| Advanced Option Strategies | p. 218 |
| Option Spreads: Basic Concepts | p. 219 |
| Why Investors Use Option Spreads | p. 219 |
| Notation | p. 220 |
| Money Spreads | p. 221 |
| Bull Spreads | p. 221 |
| Bear Spreads | p. 224 |
| A Note about Call Bear Spreads and Put Bull Spreads | p. 226 |
| Collars | p. 226 |
| Butterfly Spreads | p. 230 |
| Calendar Spreads | p. 234 |
| Time Value Decay | p. 236 |
| Ratio Spreads | p. 238 |
| Straddles | p. 239 |
| Box Spreads | p. 244 |
| Summary | p. 246 |
| Key Terms | p. 246 |
| Further Reading | p. 247 |
| Questions and Problems | p. 247 |
| Forwards, Futures, and Swaps | p. 251 |
| The Structure of Forward and Futures Markets | p. 252 |
| Development of Forward and Futures Markets | p. 253 |
| Chicago Futures Markets | p. 253 |
| Development of Financial Futures | p. 254 |
| Development of Options on Futures Markets | p. 255 |
| Parallel Development of Over-the-Counter Markets | p. 256 |
| Over-the-Counter Forward Market | p. 256 |
| Organized Futures Trading | p. 257 |
| Contract Development | p. 258 |
| Contract Terms and Conditions | p. 258 |
| Delivery Terms | p. 259 |
| Daily Price Limits and Trading Halts | p. 259 |
| Other Exchange Responsibilities | p. 260 |
| Futures Exchanges | p. 260 |
| Futures Traders | p. 262 |
| General Classes of Futures Traders | p. 262 |
| Classification by Trading Strategy | p. 262 |
| Classification by Trading Style | p. 263 |
| Off-Floor Futures Traders | p. 264 |
| Costs and Profitability of Exchange Membership | p. 264 |
| Forward Market Traders | p. 265 |
| Mechanics of Futures Trading | p. 265 |
| Placing an Order | p. 265 |
| Role of the Clearinghouse | p. 266 |
| Daily Settlement | p. 267 |
| Delivery and Cash Settlement | p. 269 |
| Futures Price Quotations | p. 271 |
| Types of Futures Contracts | p. 271 |
| Agricultural Commodities | p. 272 |
| Natural Resources | p. 272 |
| Miscellaneous Commodities | p. 272 |
| Foreign Currencies | p. 272 |
| Federal Funds and Eurodollars | p. 273 |
| Treasury Notes and Bonds | p. 273 |
| Swap Futures | p. 273 |
| Equities | p. 273 |
| Managed Funds | p. 275 |
| Hedge Funds | p. 276 |
| Options on Futures | p. 276 |
| Transaction Costs in Forward and Futures Trading | p. 277 |
| Commissions | p. 277 |
| Bid-Ask Spread | p. 277 |
| Delivery Costs | p. 277 |
| Regulation of Futures and Forward Markets | p. 278 |
| Summary | p. 279 |
| Key Terms | p. 279 |
| Further Reading | p. 280 |
| Questions and Problems | p. 280 |
| Taxation of Futures Transactions in the United States | p. 282 |
| Questions and Problems | p. 283 |
| Principles of Pricing Forwards, Futures, and Options on Futures | p. 284 |
| Generic Carry Arbitrage | p. 285 |
| Concept of Price versus Value | p. 285 |
| Value of a Forward Contract | p. 286 |
| Price of a Forward Contract | p. 288 |
| Value of a Futures Contract | p. 288 |
| Price of a Futures Contract | p. 289 |
| Forward versus Futures Prices | p. 290 |
| Carry Arbitrage When Underlying Generates Cash Flows | p. 292 |
| Stock Indices and Dividends | p. 292 |
| Foreign Currencies and Foreign Interest Rates: Interest Rate Parity | p. 295 |
| Commodities and Storage Costs | p. 297 |
| Pricing Models and Risk Premiums | p. 298 |
| Spot Prices, Risk Premiums, and Carry Arbitrage for Generic Assets | p. 298 |
| Forward/Futures Pricing Revisited | p. 299 |
| Futures Prices and Risk Premia | p. 305 |
| Put-Call-Forward/Futures Parity | p. 309 |
| Pricing Options on Futures | p. 311 |
| Intrinsic Value of an American Option on Futures | p. 311 |
| Lower Bound of a European Option on Futures | p. 312 |
| Put-Call Parity of Options on Futures | p. 314 |
| Early Exercise of Call and Put Options on Futures | p. 315 |
| Black Futures Option Pricing Model | p. 317 |
| Summary | p. 319 |
| Key Terms | p. 321 |
| Further Reading | p. 321 |
| Questions and Problems | p. 322 |
| Futures Arbitrage Strategies | p. 325 |
| Short-Term Interest Rate Arbitrage | p. 326 |
| Carry Arbitrage and the Implied Repo Rate | p. 326 |
| Federal Funds Futures Carry Arbitrage and the Implied Repo Rate | p. 327 |
| Eurodollar Arbitrage | p. 329 |
| Intermediate- and Long-Term Interest Rate Arbitrage | p. 330 |
| Determining the Cheapest-to-Deliver Bond on the Treasury Bond Futures Contract | p. 332 |
| Delivery Options | p. 334 |
| Implied Repo, Carry Arbitrage and Treasury Bond Futures | p. 337 |
| Identifying the Cheapest-to-Deliver Bond with the Excel Spreadsheet CTD7e.xls | p. 338 |
| Treasury Bond Futures Spreads and the Implied Repo Rate | p. 340 |
| Stock Index Arbitrage | p. 341 |
| Foreign Exchange Arbitrage | p. 345 |
| Summary | p. 346 |
| Key Terms | p. 347 |
| Further Reading | p. 348 |
| Questions and Problems | p. 348 |
| Determining the CBOT Treasury Bond Conversion Factor | p. 351 |
| Determining the CBOT Conversion Factor with the Excel Spreadsheet CF7e.xls | p. 352 |
| Forward and Futures Hedging, Spread, and Target Strategies | p. 353 |
| Why Hedge? | p. 354 |
| Hedging Concepts | p. 355 |
| Short Hedge and Long Hedge | p. 355 |
| The Basis | p. 356 |
| Some Risks of Hedging | p. 360 |
| Contract Choice | p. 361 |
| Margin Requirements and Marking to Market | p. 364 |
| Determination of the Hedge Ratio | p. 365 |
| Minimum Variance Hedge Ratio | p. 365 |
| Price Sensitivity Hedge Ratio | p. 367 |
| Stock Index Futures Hedging | p. 370 |
| Hedging Strategies | p. 371 |
| Foreign Currency Hedges | p. 371 |
| Intermediate- and Long-Term Interest Rate Hedges | p. 373 |
| Spread Strategies | p. 382 |
| Intramarket Spreads | p. 383 |
| Intermarket Spreads | p. 386 |
| Target Strategies | p. 388 |
| Target Duration with Bond Futures | p. 388 |
| Alpha Capture | p. 391 |
| Target Beta with Stock Index Futures | p. 393 |
| Tactical Asset Allocation Using Stock and Bond Futures | p. 394 |
| Summary | p. 398 |
| Key Terms | p. 399 |
| Further Reading | p. 399 |
| Questions and Problems | p. 400 |
| Taxation of Hedging | p. 404 |
| Swaps | p. 405 |
| Interest Rate Swaps | p. 408 |
| Structure of a Typical Interest Rate Swap | p. 408 |
| Pricing and Valuation of Interest Rate Swaps | p. 410 |
| Interest Rate Swap Strategies | p. 416 |
| Currency Swaps | p. 420 |
| Structure of a Typical Currency Swap | p. 421 |
| Pricing and Valuation of Currency Swaps | p. 423 |
| Currency Swap Strategies | p. 428 |
| Equity Swaps | p. 430 |
| Structure of a Typical Equity Swap | p. 431 |
| Pricing and Valuation of Equity Swaps | p. 432 |
| Equity Swap Strategies | p. 436 |
| Some Final Words about Swaps | p. 437 |
| Summary | p. 438 |
| Key Terms | p. 439 |
| Further Reading | p. 439 |
| Questions and Problems | p. 439 |
| Advanced Topics | p. 443 |
| Interest Rate Forwards and Options | p. 444 |
| Forward Rate Agreements | p. 445 |
| Structure and Use of a Typical FRA | p. 446 |
| Pricing and Valuation of FRAs | p. 448 |
| Applications of FRAs | p. 450 |
| Interest Rate Options | p. 453 |
| Structure and Use of a Typical Interest Rate Option | p. 454 |
| Pricing and Valuation of Interest Rate Options | p. 455 |
| Interest Rate Option Strategies | p. 457 |
| Interest Rate Caps, Floors, and Collars | p. 461 |
| Interest Rate Options, FRAs, and Swaps | p. 466 |
| Interest Rate Swaptions and Forward Swaps | p. 467 |
| Structure of a Typical Interest Rate Swaption | p. 468 |
| Equivalence of Swaptions and Options on Bonds | p. 471 |
| Pricing Swaptions | p. 471 |
| Forward Swaps | p. 472 |
| Applications of Swaptions and Forward Swaps | p. 473 |
| Summary | p. 475 |
| Key Terms | p. 475 |
| Further Reading | p. 476 |
| Questions and Problems | p. 476 |
| Advanced Derivatives and Strategies | p. 480 |
| Advanced Equity Derivatives and Strategies | p. 481 |
| Portfolio Insurance | p. 481 |
| Equity Forwards | p. 487 |
| Equity Warrants | p. 490 |
| Equity-Linked Debt | p. 491 |
| Advanced Interest Rate Derivatives | p. 491 |
| Structured Notes | p. 492 |
| Mortgage-Backed Securities | p. 493 |
| Exotic Options | p. 498 |
| Digital and Chooser Options | p. 499 |
| Path-Dependent Options | p. 502 |
| Other Exotic Options | p. 508 |
| Some Unusual Derivatives | p. 509 |
| Electricity Derivatives | p. 509 |
| Weather Derivatives | p. 509 |
| Summary | p. 511 |
| Key Terms | p. 511 |
| Further Reading | p. 512 |
| Questions and Problems | p. 513 |
| Monte Carlo Simulation | p. 516 |
| Financial Risk Management Techniques and Applications | p. 518 |
| Why Practice Risk Management? | p. 519 |
| Impetus for Risk Management | p. 519 |
| Benefits of Risk Management | p. 520 |
| Managing Market Risk | p. 521 |
| Delta Hedging | p. 523 |
| Gamma Hedging | p. 524 |
| Vega Hedging | p. 527 |
| Value at Risk (VAR) | p. 528 |
| A Comprehensive Calculation of VAR | p. 534 |
| Benefits and Criticisms of VAR | p. 536 |
| Extensions of VAR | p. 537 |
| Managing Credit Risk | p. 538 |
| Credit Risk as an Option | p. 539 |
| Credit Risk of Derivatives | p. 541 |
| Netting | p. 544 |
| Credit Derivatives | p. 545 |
| Other Types of Risks | p. 551 |
| Summary | p. 555 |
| Key Terms | p. 555 |
| Further Reading | p. 556 |
| Questions and Problems | p. 556 |
| Managing Risk in an Organization | p. 559 |
| The Structure of the Risk Management Industry | p. 560 |
| End Users | p. 560 |
| Dealers | p. 560 |
| Other Participants in the Risk Management Industry | p. 561 |
| Organizing the Risk Management Function in a Company | p. 561 |
| Risk Management Accounting | p. 566 |
| Fair Value Hedges | p. 567 |
| Cash Flow Hedges | p. 568 |
| Foreign Investment Hedges | p. 570 |
| Speculation | p. 570 |
| Some Problems in the Application of FAS 133 | p. 570 |
| Disclosure | p. 571 |
| Avoiding Derivatives Losses | p. 571 |
| Metallgesellschaft: To Hedge or Not to Hedge? | p. 571 |
| Orange County, California: Playing the Odds | p. 574 |
| Barings PLC: How One Man Blew Up a Bank | p. 576 |
| Procter & Gamble: Going Up in Suds | p. 578 |
| Risk Management Industry Standards | p. 579 |
| Responsibilities of Senior Management | p. 579 |
| Summary | p. 585 |
| Key Terms | p. 586 |
| Further Reading | p. 586 |
| Questions and Problems | p. 587 |
| List of Formulas | p. 589 |
| References | p. 598 |
| Glossary | p. 619 |
| Index | p. 641 |
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