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derivatives

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a security which derives its value from the value or return on another asset or security

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leverage

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borrowing money in order to place a larger trade than the size of your account

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initial margin

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the amount of funds required in the account to initially open a trade

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maintenance margin

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the minimum amount of funds that must be maintained in the account to maintain the trade

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if the account equity declines below maintenance margin, this triggers a

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margin call, at which the investor must deposit funds to bring the account back up to the initial margin

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forwards

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one party agrees to buy a physical or financial asset on a specified date at a specified price
- can be used either for speculative purposes or to hedge a market risk

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traded over the counter OTC

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which means there is no using dealers with no central location
-largely unregulated
-each contract has a counterparty which exposes owner to default risk

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futures

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are the exact same as a forward with the following differences:
-futures are traded on organized exchanges
-futures are standardized
-futures have a clearinghouse which removes counterparty risk
-futures markets are regulated

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types of futures/ forwards

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commodity contracts
foreign exchange
indices
individual securities

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commodity contracts

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crude oil, corn, gold, soybean, etc

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foreign exchange

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EUR/USD, USD/JPY, GBP/EUR etc

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indices

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S&P 500, nasdaq

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individual securities

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apple, tesla, walmart etc

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uses of the forward and futures market

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hedging
speculation

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hedging

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using the market to reduce the volatility in a Company’s cash flows.
Example: a Company purchases aluminum, so they buy an aluminum future to lock in the price of their raw material

forward is mainly in hedging
forward is more meaningful in Company entities

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speculation

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an individual or firm purchases or sells a future in order to attempt to profit on price movement

most transactions in the futures market are for speculation

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Arbitrage

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A transaction in which an investor purchases one asset or a portfolio of assets at one price, and simultaneously sells an asset or portfolio that has the same future payoffs at a higher price. this generates risk-free gain

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Risk free gain is capped at

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the risk-free rate in the market. if there are arbitrage opportunities they are exploited quickly, driving the return to the market risk free rate

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short:

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selling an asset that you don’t actually have

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future price=

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spot price * (1 + RFR) ^ time

assumes no dividends or cost of storage

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benefits of holding an asset

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income outside of price appreciation. Dividends on stocks, coupon payments on bonds

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costs of holding an asset

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storage costs to hold a physical asset. Not typically associated with financial assets

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net cost of carry

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present value of benefits of holding an asset, minus the present value of the costs of holding an asset

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futures price=

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(spot price - net cost of carry) * (1+RFR)^t

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options
-gives the owner the right, but not obligation, to either buy or sell an underlying asset at a given price for specified time -the person purchasing the option will pay the seller, or "writer" of the option an up front payment, or "premium" for this right -can be used for hedging, but primarily used for high-risk speculation
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options trading
call option put option
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call option
the buyer has the right to buy an asset at a specified price, known as the strike price. a trader purchasing a call option is speculating that the price will increase above said price
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put option
the buyer has the right to sell an asset at a specified price, known as a strike price. a trader purchasing a put option is speculating that the price will decrease below said price
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writing an option
selling said option. A person writing a call is speculating that the price will not increase above the strike price. A person writing a put is speculating that the price will not decrease below the strike.
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premium
the price of the option. The buyer pays this premium to the writer
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expiration
the date at which the option contract is no longer valid. If a call (put) option never rises above (declines below) the strike price, then the option expires worthless, and the writer has profited off the trade
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in the money
when exercising an option would produce a profit for the buyer
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out of the money
a call (put) is out of the money when the market price is below (above) the strike price
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at the money
a call/put is at the money when the market price is equal to the strike price
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American Option
Can be exercised on or before the expiration date -would never be exercised, would instead be sold
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European Option
Can only be exercised on the expiration date
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factors which drive options pricing
price of the underlying asset strike price risk free rate volatility of the underlying assets time to expiration costs and benefits of holding the asset
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price of the underlying asset
for call options, the higher the market price the higher the value of the option. the inverse is true for put options
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strike price
higher strike prices have a negative impact on the value of call options, and a positive impact on the value of put options
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volatility of the underlying assets
an increase in volatility increases both the value of the put and the call options
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time to expiration
the longer the time the more valuable the option
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costs and benefits of holding the asset
benefits of holding the asset decreases call values and increases put values. costs of holding the asset have the inverse effect
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put call parity
fiduciary call protective put
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fiduciary call
a combination of a call option with a strike price of X, and a 0 coupon treasury bond with the same expiration date as the option. The 0-coupond bond pays the same as the strike price
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protective put (put call parity def)
a put option on a security, and the security itself
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put call parity equation
call + present value of strike= put + stock
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common options strategies
covered call protective put straddle strangle protective collar long is to buy short is always to sell
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covered call
write a call, long the stock generate income selling the call. if the price increases, you just sell the stock you own
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protective put
long a put, long the stock the put works as insurance against the stock price dealing
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straddle
long a call, long a put. Each have the same strike price you expect the price to be volatile
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strangle
long a call, long a put, different strike prices. Both out of the money -you expect significnat volatility
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protective collar
long the stock, long an out of the money put, short an out of the money call you are giving up upside in order to protect the downside
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swaps
swaps are custom agreements to exchange a series of payments on periodic settlement dates over a certain period of time (ex: quarterly payments over 2 years) -on the settlement dates, the payments are netted, so only one party makes a payment traded OTC- largely unregulated default risk/ counterparty risk is important- who do you trade with? primarily comprised of institutional participants
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common types of swaps
interest rate swap currency swap
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interest rate swap
one leg pays a fixed rate, the other pays a variable rate -used by businesses to fix their borrowing costs -used by fixed income portfolio managers to alter the duration of their portfolio

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