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问题如下:
With regard to the strategy for Company A that Fillizola recommends, she is least likely correct regarding:
选项:
A.the expectation of volatility of the underlying.
the effective sale price if share prices move lower, to $130.
the effective sale price if share prices trend higher than $140.
解释:
Solution
A is correct. Fillizola is incorrect regarding the expectation of volatility of the underlying compared with the implied volatility of 21.05%. The recommended strategy, a covered call, is appropriate if the expectation is that volatility of the underlying will be lower than the implied volatility of 21.05%. Fillizola is correct about the effective sale price if the stock is above $140. The stock gets called away at $140, and the effective sale price is $140 + $5.40 = $145.40. If the share price is $130, the client will sell at $130 and her effective sale price is $130 + $5.40 = $135.40.
B is incorrect. Fillizola is correct about the effective sale price. If the share price is $130, the client will sell at $130 and her effective sale price is $130 + $5.40 = $135.40.
C is incorrect. Fillizola is correct about the effective sale price if the stock is above $140. The stock gets called away at $140, and the effective sale price is $140 + $5.40 = $145.40.
中文解析:
本题考察的是covered call。
题干大意:一个客户拥有2000股公司A的股票,该股票不支付股息,目前定价为139.81美元。但是客户被禁止出售该股票。客户预计股价在未来几个月保持稳定,虽然不能出售,但仍希望获得一些收入。
因此Fillizola建议客户卖出20份的到期时间在2020年二月份的看涨期权,这个看涨期权的执行价格是140美元,期权费是5.4美元,隐含波动率是21.05%。
由于该客户本身持有股票,如果再short call,那么构成了covered call策略。因为期权与隐含波动率成正相关关系,short option在这里short call,意味着是看跌波动率的,即预测市场是平稳的,所以表述中关于波动率的表述(预测股价波动率将会高于21.05%)是错误的,选A。
当股价高于140美元时,long call的一方会行权,那么我们需要将手里的股票按照140美元的价格卖给对手方,但是一开始卖出call option获得期权费是5.4美元,因此有效的卖出价格是145.4美元,C选项正确;
如果股价是130美元,那么long call的一方不会行权,如果我们要卖出股票的话,只能按照130美元卖出,但是short call获得了5.4美元的期权费,因此有效的卖出价格是135.4美元。B选项正确。
老师,这边我想确认几个问题:
1.现在我手上有股票,然后建议加上一个short call。
此时,"strategy"指的是short call, 还是(stock+short call)这个整体?
此时,"position"指的是short call, 还是(stock+short call)这个整体?
根据解析,我初步判断"strategy"和"position" 指的都是(stock+short call)这个整体,也就是covered call, 不知道我理解的对不对?
2.如果expected volatility>implied volatility, 说明未来波动率会上升对吗?
这种情况下,就是应该long option才能赚钱对吧?