INVERSE VERTICAL RATIO PUT SPREAD STRATEGY AND ITS APPLICATION IN HEDGING AGAINST A PRICE DROP
INVERSE VERTICAL RATIO PUT SPREAD STRATEGY AND ITS APPLICATION IN HEDGING AGAINST A PRICE DROP
Author(s): Omer Faraj S. Amaitiek, Vincent SoltesSubject(s): Economy
Published by: ASERS Publishing
Keywords: option strategy; hedging; price drop; profit function; premium zero cost
Summary/Abstract: The paper proposes a generalization of a strategy known as the Long Two Buy One Ratio Put or Put Back spread Strategy. Moreover, it proposes an application of the strategy in hedging against a price drop of the underlying asset to a future date in a way which enables hedging with zero cost. We have found a profit function, as well as a function of income from a hedged position in the analytical form, which simplifies the application in particular hedging.
Journal: Journal of Advanced Studies in Finance (JASF)
- Issue Year: I/2010
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 100-107
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English
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