Intermediate Financial Management (MindTap Course List)
Intermediate Financial Management (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781285850030
Author: Eugene F. Brigham, Phillip R. Daves
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 5, Problem 1Q

Define each of the following terms:

  1. a. Option; call option; put option
  2. b. Exercise value; strike price
  3. c. Black-Scholes option pricing model

a)

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To discuss: Option, put option and call option

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Call option is an option to purchase or buy a specific number of shares of security within a future period.

Put option is an option to sell a specific number of shares of security within a future period.

The option contract’s market price is termed as the option price.

b)

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To discuss: The term exercise value and strike price

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Exercise value is a value of a call option where it is exercised today. It is the value of current stock price minus the strike price.

Strike price is a price which is stated in the option contract. It is the price the securities are bought and sold.

c)

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To discuss: The Black-Scholes option pricing model

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This model is used by option traders mainly to value the options. It is derived through a concept of riskless hedge.

By purchasing shares of a stock and selling the call option on the stock simultaneously will create a risk-free investment. This return should equal the arbitrage opportunity or risk-free rate will exist.

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