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DDAXC · 2020年01月12日

问一道题:NO.PZ2016070202000028

问题如下:

Trader A purchases a down-and-out call with a strike price of USD 100 and a barrier at USD 96 from Trader B. Both traders need to unwind their delta hedge at the barrier. Which trader is more at risk if there is a price gap (discontinuity) that prevents them from exiting the trade at the barrier?

选项:

A.

Trader A has the bigger risk.

B.

Trader B has the bigger risk.

C.

They both have the same risk.

D.

Neither trader has any risk because both are hedged.

解释:

Each trader replicates dynamically the down-and-out call as a hedge. Trader B sold the option, so needs to replicate a long position in this call. The hedge ratio for a down-and-out call resembles the usual one except that it has an abrupt discontinuity, dropping to zero below the barrier. Just above the barrier, Trader B is long the asset in the amount of the hedge ratio (e.g., 0.4). When the price jumps down below the barrier, Trader B will be stuck with a large loss. Intuitively, this loss is the gain to Trader A, who has the opposite position.

老师这个题最后一句话 if there is a price gap (discontinuity) that prevents them from exiting the trade at the barrier的意思不应该理解为价格有剧烈不连续变动从而阻止退出交易。因为是down and out call, 如果价格下跌至barrier96那就会使得option退出,所以这时应该是大幅度的价格上升才会阻止交易退出,所以在价格大幅上升时,option的seller也就是traderB的风险大。这样理解对吗?

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品职答疑小助手雍 · 2020年01月12日

emmm首先这个2016年上传的题的描述其实挺奇怪的(其实奇异期权已经不在2级了,所以不会怎么考),我一直感觉最后一句话读起来确实怪怪的,不过你写的这个翻译其实也不太对,因为这样就是一个确定的情景,而不是“不确定的”risk了,所以针对risk角度来说还是按照动态对冲的思路来说,比较容易理解,以下是题目的解析:

首先,双方进行该笔期权的交易,目的都是为了进行套期保值对冲。所以,可以推出,A的投资组合是标的资产的空头+call的多头。B的投资组合是标的资产的多头+call的空头。对于本题的down-and-out障碍期权,如果价格下跌触碰到障碍水平,那么该障碍期权就将out失效。所以,此时,A就只剩下标的资产的空头,获得资产下跌的收益,B将只剩下标的资产的多头,遭受损失。