VaR (Value at Risk) and CVaR (Conditional Value at Risk) are implied by option prices. Their relationships to option prices are derived initially under the pricing measure. It does not require assumptions about the distribution of portfolio returns. The effects of changes of measure are modest...

Der Handel mit Optionen gewinnt auf volatileren Agrarmärkten zunehmend an Bedeutung. Nun stellt sich die Frage, ob der Optionshandel ein sinnvolles Instrument zur Risikoabsicherung von Landwirten und Landhändlern darstellt oder ob er vielmehr ein Treiber der Agrarpreisvolatilität ist. Die...

Background: We investigated the determination of the pledged loan-to-value ratio in an optionpricing environment and mainly articulated the theoretical framework and analytical method. Methods: The basic idea is that the present value of the pledged loan payoff is equal to a put option’s...

Machine generated contents note: Preface xi Acknowledgements xiii About the Author xv CHAPTER 1 Introduction 1 The Airplane Ticket Trade 1 The Bull Cycle 2 The Renegades 3 Claws of the Bear 3 Zugzwang 4 The Sceptics 5 A Sad Truth 5 Common Mistakes 6 Imprecise but Effective 7 Hedging Against...

This appendix extends the empirical results in Chesney, Crameri, and Mancini (2011). Informedtrading activities on put and call options are analyzed for 19 companies in the bankingand insurance sectors from January 1996 to September 2009. Our empirical findings suggestthat certain events such as...

Auf volatileren Agrarmärkten gewinnt der Handel mit Optionen zunehmend an Bedeutung. Optionen gestatten die einseitige Absicherung von Preisrisiken, z. B. nur gegen fallende Preise, und stellen ein zunehmend bedeutenderes Instrument für das Risikomanagement von Landwirten und Landhändlern...

One of the fastest growing areas in empirical finance, and also one of the least rigorously analyzed, especially from a financial econometrics perspective, is the econometric analysis of financial derivatives, which are typically complicated and difficult to analyze. The purpose of this special...

Options trading is increasingly important in more volatile agricultural markets. Options allow for unilateral hedging of price risks, e. g. against falling prices only, and are an indispensable risk management instrument for farmers and grain dealers. Concerns that soaring options trading could...

This paper explores how a put option changes the probability distribution of portfolio value. The paper extends the model introduced in Bell (2014) by allowing both the quantity and strike price to vary. I use the 5% quantile from the portfolio distribution to measure riskiness and compare...

In this paper I consider a portfolio optimization problem where an agent holds an endowment of stock and is allowed to buy some quantity of a put option on the stock. This basic question (how much insurance to buy?) has been addressed in insurance economics through the literature on rational...

Certain commodity producers face uncertain output and price, but can trade financial derivatives on price. I consider how best to use a put option on price. I introduce the variance surface, which is a data visualization technique that shows the level of variance across a grid of values for the...

Consider an agent who holds a stock, but is allowed to buy and hold some quantity of at-the-money put options on the stock. Such an agent must decide the optimal use of financial derivatives under trade restrictions. This paper uses simulation to compare the optimal quantity when the agent...

Machine generated contents note: Introduction Acknowledgments About the Author Part I: Getting Started in Investing Chapter 1: The Opening Bell Probabilities Getting Started Research Data Charts Commissions and Fees Virtual Trading Platforms Chapter 2: First Days of Trading Brief History of...