FIN 4504 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Straddle, Call Option, Preferred Stock
21 Nov 2016
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Department
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FIN 4504
Lecture 23
Options Market
• More Option Strategis
- Short straddle
> steps to create:
- sell call
- sell put at same strike price
- Long straddle
> steps to create:
- buy call
- buy put at lower strike price
- Short Straddle (with plateau)
> Steps to create:
- Sell call
- Sell put at lower strike price
- Butterfly Spread
> Steps to create:
- Sell 2 calls with same strike price: X
- Buy 1 call at a lower strike price
than X
- Buy 1 call at a higher strike price
than X
- Calls that are bought should be
equidistant from calls sold
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Document Summary
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