exotic-options

Floating lookback options have no strike price. The payoff of a floating lookback call is given by S(t) - S(min) and the payoff of a floating lookback put is given by S(max) - S(t). Fixed lookback options do have strike prices. The payoff of a fixed lookback call is given by max[0, S(Max) - K]...

A binary (aka, digital) option can be either an asset-or-nothing binary or a cash-or-nothing. The asset-or-nothing call pays the full asset price if the stock price exceeds the strike price at maturity; the cash-or-nothing call pays a fixed cash amount, denoted "Q," if the stock price exceeds...

The chooser (aka, as you like it) option has one strike price (K = $40.00 in my example) but two key dates (T1 and T2). On the first date (T1), the holder "chooses" it to be either a call or a put. At that point, it becomes a standard call/put with a remaining life of Δt = T2 - T1. In the second...

The barrier option adds a barrier value (for example, H = $95.00) and it the option can either "knock-out" (ie, get knocked-out if the barrier is breached) or "knock-in" (ie, come into existence if the barrier is breached. If the barrier is below the asset price, it is either a down-and-out or...

A compound option is an option to buy or sell a call or a put. A call on a call is the right to buy a call at T1 for K1 (and if exercised, the purchased call has a strike of K2 and expires at T2). A call on a put is the right to buy a put at T1 for K1 (and if exercised, the purchased put has a...

Im currently a student pursuing a finance degree and have to complete a project on Exotic Options. I have chosen to do Asian Options, but have noticed there is a lack of resources and information on this topic. I have watched the videos on Asian Options, which I found to be very helpful, but I'm...

Hi David, just in terms of efficient exam preparation and to the best of your experience so far: can we expect that exam questions on Hull's Exotic Options to be conceptual only (=no calculations)? Or to be more specific: as the calculations of the different types of options ans the valuations...