The Options Applications Handbook: Hedging and Speculating Techniques for Professional Investors (McGraw-Hill Financial Education Series) Book

The Options Applications Handbook offers a lucid, down-to-earth introduction to the fundamentals of options, explaining how options can be used for various purposes, such as options on exchange rates, interest rates, stocks, futures, and fixed-income securities. With the help of this on-target guide, readers will be able to understand basic option typesâ?¦use standard market terminologyâ?¦grasp the costs, benefits, and risks of basic option positionsâ?¦identify key factors that affect the price of an optionâ?¦and see how pricing models have been modified for specialized options. The Options Applications Handbook covers in detail: Conventional Options_focuses on the mechanics of call and put options, basic option payoff profiles, and the creation of synthetic options/assets Exotic Options_explores second generation option contracts, such as path dependent options and path independent derivatives, that build on the basic structure of conventional options Option-Embedded Securities_demonstrates how flexible options can be embedded in securities to build customized funding/risk/investment tools Option-Embedded Derivatives_illustrates how options can be combined with other derivatives to create customized risk/investment products, such as callable and puttable swaps Option Strategies_describes how options can be used in combinations to create risk management and speculative views on a particular reference asset Corporate and Investor Applications_examines how to utilize options for hedging, speculating, arbitraging, and value monetization An Overview of Option Pricing_surveys basic pricing matters, including intrinsic and time value, moneyness, and pricing inputs _ Option Pricing Models_outlines option pricing frameworks, such as the Black-Scholes process and the binomial model Hedging Option Portfolios_discusses how market-makers and dealers risk-manage their portfolios in practice Risk and Control Issues_considers option risk control, including credit and market portfolio risk management and internal financial and audit processesRead More