The Options Applications Handbook offers a lucid, down-to-earth
introduction to the fundamentals of options, explaining how options can be used for
various purposes, such as options on exchange rates, interest rates, stocks, futures, and
fixed-income securities.
With the help of this on-target guide, readers will be able to understand basic
option types…use standard market terminology…grasp the costs, benefits, and risks of
basic option positions…identify key factors that affect the price of an option…and see
how pricing models have been modified for specialized options.
The Options Applications Handbook covers in detail:
Erik Banks is chief risk officer at a multi-strategy hedge fund and
has been active in the banking sector for 20 years. Erik has held senior risk management
position at Merrill Lynch, XL Capital, and Citibank in New York, Tokyo, London, and Hong
Kong, and has written 20 books on derivatives, risk, emerging markets, and merchant
banking.
Paul Siegel is Chief Executive Officer of The Globecon Group, a
specialized banking and financial services professional development, conference, and
publishing firm operating in the capital markets, credit, risk, corporation finance, and
wealth management markets.
Table of Contents
Option Products and Applications 1
An Introduction to Options Markets 3
Conventional Options 17
Exotic Options 43
Option-Embedded Securities 61
Option-Embedded Derivatives 99
Option Strategies 115
Corporate and Investor Applications 135
Valuation Tools 169
An Overview of Option Pricing 171
Option Pricing Models 191
Hedging Option Portfolios 235
Risk and Control Issues 261
Option-Adjusted Spreads 285
Pricing Options with Correlation 295
MBS Prepayment and Valuation 319
Answers to Chapter Exercises 327
Selected References 363
Index 365
360 pages, Hradcover