A portfolio of derivatives on a stock has a delta of 2400 and a gamma of –10. An option on the stock with a delta of 0.5 and a gamma of 0.04 can be traded. What position in the option is necessary to make the portfolio gamma neutral? ( )
A. Long position in 250 options
B. Short position in 250 options
C. Long position in 20 options
D. Short position in 20 options
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What is the recommended way of making interest rates a function of time in a Cox, Ross, Rubinstein tree? ( )
A. Make u a function of time
B. Make p a function of time
C. Make u and p a function of time
D. Make the lengths of the time steps unequal
What is the recommended way of making volatility a function of time in a Cox, Ross, Rubinstein tree? ( )
A. Make u a function of time
B. Make p a function of time
C. Make u and p a function of time
D. Make the lengths of the time steps unequal
A binomial tree prices an American option at $3.12 and the corresponding European option at $3.04. The Black-Scholes price of the European option is $2.98. What is the control variate price of the American option? ( )
A. $3.06
B. $3.18
C. $2.90
D. $3.08
Why do traders use volatility smiles for pricing options? ( )
A. To allow for non-lognormality of the probability distribution of future asset price
Because it is consistent with recent market moves
C. As a tool to reflect their views about extreme market moves
D. Because extreme market moves are always more likely than Black-Scholes-Merton assumes