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Options

“As with insurance premiums, assuming that option sellers can accurately assess the probability of each possible outcome, their total payments out on expiry of a portfolio of options sold should approximate to the premiums received. Option pricing theory therefore depends on assessing these probabilities.”

Overview

The ideas behind option pricing

Pricing models

OTC options vs. exchange-traded options

Value dates for FX options

Trading with calls and puts

More trading strategies

Hedging with options

Some “packaged” options

The Greek letters

Some exotic options

Credit derivatives, synthetic CDOs and first-to-default baskets

Exercises

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