Long Strangle Strategy Using Barrier Options and its Application in Hedging Against a Price Increase
Abstract This paper presents hedging analysis against an underlying price increase by using Long Strangle strategy formed with vanilla and barrier options. More specifically, up and knock-in call option and standard barrier put options are used. The main theoretical contribution is to specify profit functions for this strategy followed by derivation of cost functions for secured position. The strategy is applied to real option data for SPDR Gold Shares (GLD). The costs of options in strategy to form secured position are investigated for different values of barriers with fixed strike prices. Furthermore, the mutual effect of variation in requested costs or call/put option strike price or call option barrier is analysed.
Risk Management in Energy Sector Using Short Call Ladder Strategy
The purpose of the paper is to focus on selected aspects of the hedging using of Short Call Ladder strategy created by barrier options. Given barrier option strategies belong to the appropriate tools widely used for risk management with an effective solution for limiting the loss from underlying assetÂ´s price development.
Přístupy k eliminaci finančních rizik na bázi finančních hedgingových strategií
Hedging strategies represent basic instrument used toward eliminating financial risk. Increasing volatility of financial markets and their globalization also lead to higher financial risks. These aspects are especially important for transitional and small open economies. The basic goal of the paper is to show the derivation and application possibilities of select hedging strategies. Five basic hedging strategies delta hedging, minimum variance, minimum value at risk, maximum expected utility value, and minimum shortfall - are derived and described. All the strategies are derived for two asset portfolios consisting of risk assets (share, bond, commodity price, and exchange rate) and hedged assets (financial derivative). Another common assumption is that random variables are normally distributed. Examples of exchange rate, interest-rate, equity and commodity-risk hedging are described. Several applications are suitable for small open economies that lack liquid capital market with limited secondary derivative market.