Basics of Option Pricing Theory & Applications in Business Decision Making Purpose: • Provide background on the basics of Option Pricing Theory (OPT) pp • Examine some recent applications What are options? • Options are financial contracts whose value is contingent upon the value of some underlying asset • Such arrangements are also known as contingent claims – because equilibrium market value of an option moves in direct association with the market value of its underlying asset. • OPT measures this linkage The basics of options Calls and puts defined • Call: privilege of buying the underlying asset at a specified price and time • Put: privilege of selling the underlying p price p and time asset at a specified The basics of options American and European options defined • American options can be exercised anytime before expiration date • European options can be exercised only on the expiration p date • Asian options are settled based on average price of underlying asset The basics of options • Options may be allowed to expire without exercising them • Options game has a long history – at least as old as the “premium game” of 17th century Amsterdam – developed from an even older “time game” • which evolved into modern futures markets • and spawned modern central banks Put-Call Parity C id two Consider t portfolios tf li • Portfolio A contains a call and a bond: C(S,X,t) + B(X,t) • Portfolio B contains stock plus put: S + P(S,X,t) Put-Call Parity Consider C id two t portfolios • Portfolio A contains a call and a bond: VA C(S,X,t) + B(X,t) • Portfolio B contains stock plus put: S + P(S,X,t) VB S*<X 0 +X =X X-S +S =X S*>X S-X +X =S 0 +S =S Put-Call Parity • If S* < X, X Payoff for either portfolio is X dollars • If S* > X, Payoff for either portfolio is S* • Therefore C(S X t) + B(X,t) C(S,X,t) B(X t) = S + P(S,X,t) P(S X t) Boundaries on call values C(S,X,t) + B(X,t) = S + P(S,X,t) • Upper Bound: Call C(S,X,t) < S Stock Boundaries on call values C(S,X,t) = S - B(X,t) + P(S,X,t) • Upper Bound: • Lower bound: Call C(S,X,t) < S C(S,X,t) > S – B(X,t) B(X,t) Stock Call values Call C(S,X,t) = S - B(X,t) + P(S,X,t) B(X,t) Stock Call values Call C(S,X,t) = S - B(X,t) + P(S,X,t) B(X,t) Stock Call values Call C(S,X,t) = S - B(X,t) + P(S,X,t) B(X,t) Stock Call values Call C(S,X,t) = S - B(X,t) + P(S,X,t) B(X,t) Stock Call values Call C(S,X,t) = S - B(X,t) + P(S,X,t) B(X,t) Stock Call values Call C(S,X,t) = S - B(X,t) + P(S,X,t) B(X,t) Stock Call values Call C(S,X,t) = S - B(X,t) + P(S,X,t) B(X,t) Stock Call values Call C(S,X,t) = S - B(X,t) + P(S,X,t) B(X,t) Stock Call values Call C(S,X,t) = S - B(X,t) + P(S,X,t) B(X,t) Stock Call values Call C(S,X,t) = S - B(X,t) + P(S,X,t) B(X,t) Stock Call values Call C(S,X,t) = S - B(X,t) + P(S,X,t) Stock B(X,t) Keys for using OPT as an analytical tool C(S,X,t) = S - B(X,t) + P(S,X,t) C Call S B(X,t) Stock S C X C Call Keys for using OPT as an analytical tool C(S,X,t) = S - B(X,t) + P(S,X,t) B(X,t) Stock S C X C R C Call Keys for using OPT as an analytical tool C(S,X,t) = S - B(X,t) + P(S,X,t) B(X,t) Stock S C X C R C t C Call Keys for using OPT as an analytical tool C(S,X,t) = S - B(X,t) + P(S,X,t) B(X,t) Stock S C X C R C t C σ C Call Keys for using OPT as an analytical tool C(S,X,t) = S - B(X,t) + P(S,X,t) B(X,t) Stock S C P X C P R C P t C P σ C P Call Keys for using OPT as an analytical tool C(S,X,t) + B(X,t) = S + P(S,X,t) B(X,t) Basic Option Strategies • • • • • • Long Call Long Put Short Call Short Put L Long Straddle St ddle Short Straddle Stock Long Call $ 0 -C X S X+C Long C Call Short Call $ $ C 0 0 -C X S X+C X C X+C X S $ 0 -C S X $ X+C Short C Call Long C Call Long Put $ C 0 X C X+C S X X-P 0 X -P S Lo ong Put $ 0 -C $ 0 -P S X X+C $ C 0 X C X+C S X $ P X-P X Short C Call Long C Call Short Put S 0 X X-P S 0 -C S X X+C $ X-P 0 X -P $ S Short C Call $ Sh hort Put Lo ong Put Long C Call Long Straddle $ C X C X+C 0 S X $ P 0 X S X-P X-P-C 0 S X -(P+C) X+P+C S X X+C $ X-P 0 X -P $ 0 -(P+C) S $ C 0 X C X+C S X $ P 0 X S X+P+C S X-P $ P+C X-P-C X Short C Call 0 -C Sh hort Put $ Long Straddle Lo ong Put Long C Call Short Straddle X+P+C 0 X X-P-C S Impact of Limited Liability • Equity = C(V,D,t) • Debt = V - C(V,D,t) Equity C(V,D,t) = V - B(D,t) + P(V,D,t) B(D,t) V Applications ) Options to abandon – See Kensinger (1982), Myers & Majd (1984) ) Options to shut down temporarily – See McDonald and Siegel (1985). Applications ) Options to add new products – See Majd and Pindyck (1987) ) Options to choose the most profitable of several activities – See Chen,, Conover,, and Kensinger g ((1998)) ) Strategic Options – See Titman (1997) – See Luerhman (1998) Lessons The discounted cash flow NPV, NPV using expected prices of the input and output commodities at future dates, represents only the lower bound of the project’s true NPV. ) The true NPV may be significantly higher than the DCF estimate. ) Lessons ) The more volatile the relationship between the prices of input and output commodities, the greater the difference between the true project NPV and the discounted cash flow NPV. Lessons ) The difference between the true project NPV and the discounted cash flow NPV is greater: – the more innovative the project, and – the stronger the barriers to entry for potential competitors. Lessons • A company with the same potential uses for a system as another company, plus one or more additional uses, will gain a higher NPV by purchasing the system. – Thus, the NPV of a project may differ from one company to another, – And companies with more flexibility have an advantage in generating positive net present value. Box Spread • Long call, short put, exercise = X • Same as buying a futures contract at X $ 0 X S Box Spread • Long call, short put, exercise = X • Short call, long put, exercise = Z $ 0 Z X S Box Spread • You have bought a futures contract at X • And sold a futures contract at Z $ 0 Z X S Box Spread • Regardless of stock price at expiration – you’ll buy for X, sell for Z – net outcome is Z - X $ 0 Z-X Z X S Box Spread • How much did you receive at the outset? + C(S,Z,t) - P(S,Z,t) - C(S,X,t) + P(S,X,t) $ 0 Z X S Z-X Box Spread • Because of Put/Call Parity, we know: C(S,Z,t) + B(Z,t) = S + P(S,Z,t) $ 0 Z-X Z X S Box Spread • C(S,Z,t) + B(Z,t) = S + P(S,Z,t) Now, let’s subtract the bond from each side: • C(S,Z,t) = S + P(S,Z,t) - B(Z,t) $ 0 Z X S Z-X Box Spread • C(S,Z,t) = S + P(S,Z,t) - B(Z,t) Next, let’s subtract the pput from each side: • C(S,Z,t) - P(S,Z,t) = S - B(Z,t) $ 0 Z-X Z X S Box Spread • So, because of Put/Call Parity, we know: C(S,Z,t) - P(S,Z,t) = S - B(Z,t) $ 0 Z X S Z-X Box Spread • C(S,Z,t) - P(S,Z,t) = S - B(Z,t) Given this, we also know: - C(S,X,t) +P(S,X,t) = - S + B(X,t) $ 0 Z-X Z X S Box Spread So, because of Put/Call Parity, we know: C(S,Z,t) - P(S,Z,t) = S - B(Z,t) - C(S,X,t) + P(S,X,t) = B(X,t) - S $ 0 Z X S Z-X Box Spread • So, building the box brings you S - B(Z,t) + B(X,t) - S = B(X,t) - B(Z,t) $ 0 Z-X Z X S Assessment of the Box Spread • At time zero, receive PV of X-Z • At expiration, cash flow is Z-X • You have borrowed at the T-bill rate. $ 0 Z-X Z X S