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Fundamentals of Futures and Options Markets, 4th edition © 2001 by John C. Hull
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Chapter 1
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The Nature of Derivatives
A derivative is an instrument whosevalue depends on the values of othermore basic underlying variables
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Examples of Derivatives
• Futures Contracts• Forward Contracts• Swaps• Options
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Ways Derivatives are Used• To hedge risks• To speculate (take a view on the
future direction of the market)• To lock in an arbitrage profit• To change the nature of a liability• To change the nature of an investment
without incurring the costs of sellingone portfolio and buying another
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Futures Contracts• A futures contract is an agreement to
buy or sell an asset at a certain time inthe future for a certain price
• By contrast in a spot contract there isan agreement to buy or sell the assetimmediately (or within a very shortperiod of time)
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Exchanges Trading Futures
• Chicago Board of Trade• Chicago Mercantile Exchange• LIFFE (London)• Eurex (Europe)• BM&F (Sao Paulo, Brazil)• TIFFE (Tokyo)• and many more (see list at end of book)
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Futures Price
• The futures prices for a particularcontract is the price at which you agreeto buy or sell
• It is determined by supply and demandin the same way as a spot price
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Electronic Trading
• Traditionally futures contracts havebeen traded using the open outcrysystem where traders physically meeton the floor of the exchange
• Increasingly this is being replaced byelectronic trading where a computermatches buyers and sellers
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Examples of Futures Contracts• Agreement to:
– buy 100 oz. of gold @ US$400/oz.in December (COMEX)
– sell £62,500 @ 1.5000 US$/£ inMarch (CME)
– sell 1,000 bbl. of oil @ US$20/bbl.in April (NYMEX)
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Terminology• The party that has agreed
to buy has a long position• The party that has agreed
to sell has a short position
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• January: an investor enters into along futures contract on COMEX tobuy 100 oz of gold @ $300 in April
• April: the price of gold $315 per oz
What is the investor’s profit?
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Over-the Counter Markets
• The over-the counter market is animportant alternative to exchanges
• It is a telephone and computer-linkednetwork of dealers who do notphysically meet
• Trades are usually between financialinstitutions, corporate treasurers, andfund managers
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Forward Contracts
• Forward contract are similar to futuresexcept that they trade in the over-the-counter market
• Forward contracts are popular oncurrencies and interest rates
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Foreign Exchange Quotes forGBP (See page 4)
1.51781.51726-month forward
1.51491.51443-month forward
1.51321.51271-month forward
1.51221.5118SpotOfferBid
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Options
• A call option is an option to buy acertain asset by a certain date for acertain price (the strike price)
• A put option is an option to sell acertain asset by a certain date for acertain price (the strike price)
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American vs European Options
• An American options can be exercisedat any time during its life
• A European option can be exercisedonly at maturity
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Cisco Options (May 8, 2000;Stock Price=62.75); See page 5
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OctPut
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StrikePrice
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Exchanges Trading Options
• Chicago Board Options Exchange• American Stock Exchange• Philadelphia Stock Exchange• Pacific Exchange• LIFFE (London)• Eurex (Europe)• and many more (see list at end of book)
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Options vs Futures/Forwards
• A futures/forward contract gives theholder the obligation to buy or sell at acertain price
• An option gives the holder the right tobuy or sell at a certain price
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Types of Traders• Hedgers
• Speculators
• Arbitrageurs
Some of the large trading losses inderivatives occurred because individualswho had a mandate to hedge risks switchedto being speculators (See Chapter 21)
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Hedging Examples (pages 7-9)
• A US company will pay £10 million forimports from Britain in 3 months anddecides to hedge using a long positionin a forward contract
• An investor owns 1,000 Microsoftshares currently worth $73 per share. Atwo-month put with a strike price of $63costs $2.50. The investor decides tohedge by buying 10 contracts
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Speculation Example (pages 10-11)
• An investor with $4,000 to invest feelsthat Amazon.com’s stock price willincrease over the next 2 months. Thecurrent stock price is $40 and the priceof a 2-month call option with a strike of45 is $2
• What are the alternative strategies?
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Arbitrage Example (pages 12-13)
• A stock price is quoted as £100 inLondon and $172 in New York
• The current exchange rate is 1.7500• What is the arbitrage opportunity?
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1. Gold: An ArbitrageOpportunity?
• Suppose that:– The spot price of gold is US$390– The quoted 1-year futures price of gold
is US$425– The 1-year US$ interest rate is 5% per
annum• Is there an arbitrage opportunity?
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2. Gold: Another ArbitrageOpportunity?
• Suppose that:– The spot price of gold is US$390– The quoted 1-year futures price
of gold is US$390– The 1-year US$ interest rate is
5% per annum• Is there an arbitrage opportunity?
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The Futures Price of GoldIf the spot price of gold is S & the futures price isfor a contract deliverable in T years is F, then
F = S (1+r )T
where r is the 1-year (domestic currency) risk-free rate of interest.In our examples, S=390, T=1, and r=0.05 so that
F = 390(1+0.05) = 409.50
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1. Oil: An ArbitrageOpportunity?
Suppose that:– The spot price of oil is US$19– The quoted 1-year futures price of
oil is US$25– The 1-year US$ interest rate is 5%
per annum– The storage costs of oil are 2% per
annum• Is there an arbitrage opportunity?
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2. Oil: Another ArbitrageOpportunity?
• Suppose that:– The spot price of oil is US$19– The quoted 1-year futures price of
oil is US$16– The 1-year US$ interest rate is 5%
per annum– The storage costs of oil are 2% per
annum• Is there an arbitrage opportunity?
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