How to Calculate Options Prices and Their Greeks - (Wiley Finance) by Pierino Ursone (Hardcover)

About the Book

"A unique, in-depth guide to options pricing and valuing theirgreeks, along with a four dimensional approach towards the impactof changing market circumstances on optionsHow to Calculate Options Prices and Their Greeks is the onlybook of its kind, showing you how to value options and thegreeks according to the Black Scholes model but also how to do thiswithout consulting a model. You'll build a solid understanding ofoptions and hedging strategies as you explore the concepts ofprobability, volatility, and put call parity, then move into moreadvanced topics in combination with a four-dimensional approach ofthe change of the P&L of an option portfolio in relation tostrike, underlying, volatility, and time to maturity. Thisinformative guide fully explains the distribution of first andsecond order Greeks along the whole range wherein an option hasoptionality, and delves into trading strategies, including spreads, straddles, strangles, butterflies, kurtosis, vega-convexity, andmore. Charts and tables illustrate how specific positions in aGreek evolve in relation to its parameters, and digital ancillariesallow you to see 3D representations using your own parameters andvolumes. The Black and Scholes model is the most widely used optionmodel, appreciated for its simplicity and ability to generate afair value for options pricing in all kinds of markets. This bookshows you the ins and outs of the model, giving you the practicalunderstanding you need for setting up and managing an optionstrategy. Understand the Greeks, and how they make or break a strategy. See how the Greeks change with time, volatility, and underlying. Explore various trading strategies[bullet] Implement options positions, and more. Representations of option payoffs are too often based on a simpletwo-dimensional approach consisting of P&L versus underlying atexpiry. This is misleading, as the Greeks can make a world ofdifference over the lifetime of a strategy. How to CalculateOptions Prices and Their Greeks is a comprehensive, in-depth guideto a thorough and more effective understanding of options, theirGreeks, and (hedging) option strategies"--

Book Synopsis

A unique, in-depth guide to options pricing and valuing their greeks, along with a four dimensional approach towards the impact of changing market circumstances on options

How to Calculate Options Prices and Their Greeks is the only book of its kind, showing you how to value options and the greeks according to the Black Scholes model but also how to do this without consulting a model. You'll build a solid understanding of options and hedging strategies as you explore the concepts of probability, volatility, and put call parity, then move into more advanced topics in combination with a four-dimensional approach of the change of the P&L of an option portfolio in relation to strike, underlying, volatility, and time to maturity. This informative guide fully explains the distribution of first and second order Greeks along the whole range wherein an option has optionality, and delves into trading strategies, including spreads, straddles, strangles, butterflies, kurtosis, vega-convexity, and more. Charts and tables illustrate how specific positions in a Greek evolve in relation to its parameters, and digital ancillaries allow you to see 3D representations using your own parameters and volumes.

The Black and Scholes model is the most widely used option model, appreciated for its simplicity and ability to generate a fair value for options pricing in all kinds of markets. This book shows you the ins and outs of the model, giving you the practical understanding you need for setting up and managing an option strategy.

- Understand the Greeks, and how they make or break a strategy

- See how the Greeks change with time, volatility, and underlying

- Explore various trading strategies

- Implement options positions, and more

Representations of option payoffs are too often based on a simple two-dimensional approach consisting of P&L versus underlying at expiry. This is misleading, as the Greeks can make a world of difference over the lifetime of a strategy. How to Calculate Options Prices and Their Greeks is a comprehensive, in-depth guide to a thorough and more effective understanding of options, their Greeks, and (hedging) option strategies.

From the Back Cover

How to Calculate Options Prices and Their Greeks gives options traders, risk managers, fund managers, and private investors an in-depth guide for valuing and understanding options and "the Greeks". This important resource explains the ins and outs of the commonly used Black and Scholes model that is appreciated for its simplicity and ability to generate a fair value for options pricing in all kinds of markets as well as how to calculate/approximate values for options and the Greeks without applying a model. The author outlines a practical approach for using the strengths of the Black and Scholes model to understand, set up, and effectively manage an option position.

The author explains, step by step the most effective options and hedging strategies. While other resources rely on an ineffective two dimensional approach to investing in options, Ursone takes a practical, four-dimensional approach that puts the emphasis on the distribution of the Greeks. Greeks measure the sensitivity of the value of an option with regards to changes in parameters like the strike, underlying (Future), volatility (measure of the variation of the underlying), time to expiry or maturity and the interest rate. Any change in one of the parameters will directly result in a change in the Greeks and will have an impact on the P&L of an options portfolio. The author therefore accentuates an understanding of the Greeks as a prerequisite for trading and managing an options portfolio.

This informative guide explains the distribution of first and second order Greeks along the whole range wherein an option has optionality, and delves into trading strategies, including spreads, straddles, strangles, butterflies, kurtosis, vega-convexity, and more. The book's illustrative charts and tables clearly show how specific positions in a Greek evolve in relation to its parameters.

How to Calculate Options Prices and Their Greeks offers traders at all levels effective strategies that eschew the simplistic two dimensional approach of P&L versus underlying and shows how the Greeks can make a world of difference over the lifetime of an options portfolio. How to Calculate Options Prices and Their Greeks is a comprehensive guide to a thorough and more effective understanding of options, their Greeks, and managing option strategies.

About the Author

PIERINO URSONE has extensive option trading experience. He began his career as a Market Maker with Optiver, an international market maker that trades on all of the world's major financial markets. Afterwards, Ursone ran his own option trading company on the Dutch options exchange in Amsterdam, and after nine years in equity options, he entered the Energy commodity market, trading options on a proprietary basis.