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PROGRAM: MFC
SEMESTER-IV
: Financial Engineering
: Somalia
: MFC001512014-20160164
: Kenadid Ahmed Osman
INSTRUCTIONS
a) Students are required to submit all three assignment sets.
ASSIGNMENT
Assignment A
Assignment B
Assignment C
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Five Subjective Questions
Three Subjective Questions + Case
Study
Objective or one line Questions
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Financial Engineering
ASSIGNMENT A
QI. A swap bank has to entail certain risks which are inherent to the swap
business and are interrelated Explain the risks involves in swap business.
Answer:
While the earnings of the swap bank are from the bid-ask spread of
swaps and the fees charged (upfront fees), it has to entail the following risks,
which are inherent to the swap business and are mostly inter-related:
I. Interest Rate Risks: Interest rate risk arises mostly on fixed rate legs of
swaps. While the floating rate interest can be periodically adjusted to
the prevailing interest rates, the fixed rate in the market not
accompanied by a change in the yield of debt instruments of the same
time period as the interest rates will entail interest rate losses to the
bank. Unless the swap bank is fully hedged, losses will be incurred.
II. Currency Exchange Risk: Currency exchange risks happen when there
is an exchange rate commitment given to one party and there is a
steep change in the exchange rate between the currencies in the swap.
If the swap bank is not able to match the counterparty well in time, it
will incur losses due to the exchange rate difference.
III. Market Risks: Market risks occur when there is difficulty in finding
counterparty to a swap. Usually, longer maturity swaps have less
takers and vice versa. Lower the number of takers, higher the risks of
losses.
IV. Credit Risks: Credit risks are those risks which the swap bank has to
bear in case the counterparty to a swap defaults on payment due to
bankruptcy or any other defaults, legal or otherwise. The bank
continues to the obliged to pay the other party of the swap,
irrespective of the fact whether the former party defaulted or not.
Market risks and credit risks together amount to default risks of the
bank.
V. Mismatch Risk: Mismatch risks take place when the swap bank comes
across mismatches in the requirements of both counterparties to the
swap. Usually, banks have a pool of swaps and have no difficulty in
finding matches, but if no party is found, the risk of mismatch losses is
the maximum amount that you can lose because an option only involves the
right to buy or sell, not the obligation. In other words, if it is not in your
interest to exercise the option you dont have to and so if you are an option
buyer your maximum loss is the premium you have paid for the right. BEP
will be 101.
If, on the other hand, the securitys price rises, the value of the option
will increase by $1 for every $1 increase in the securitys price above the
strike price (less the initial $1 cost of the
Now look at the profit/loss for a short call.
Here profit is limited to the premium received for selling the right to
buy at the exercise price - again $1.
For every $1 rise in the price of the underlying security above the
exercise price the option falls in value by $1.
Here again, the breakeven point is 101.
Put Option
A put is the reverse of a call in that the value of the position rises as
the price of the underlying security falls.
Here is the profit/loss graph for a long put.
At expiry the put is worth nothing if the securitys price is more than
the strike price of the option but, as with the long call, the option buyers loss
is limited to the premium paid.
The breakeven for this option is 99, so the put purchaser makes money
if the underlying security is priced below 99 at expiry.
And here is the profit/loss graph for a short put.
Here profit is limited to the premium received for selling the right to
sell at the strike price.
For every $1 fall in the price of the underlying security below the strike
price the option falls in value by $1.
Here again, the breakeven point is 99.
a corporate restructuring may call for spinning off some departments into
subsidiaries as a means of creating a more effective management model as
well as taking advantage of tax breaks that would allow the corporation to
divert more revenue to the production process. In this scenario,
the restructuring is seen as a positive sign of growth of the company and is
often welcome by those who wish to see the corporation gain a larger market
share.
In general, the idea of corporate restructuring is to allow the company
to continue functioning in some manner. Even when corporate raiders break
up the company and leave behind a shell of the original structure, there is
still usually the hope that what remains can function well enough for a new
buyer to purchase the diminished corporation and return it to profitability.
Q4. Futures rely on a great deal on expected spot prices. The
theoreticalframework suggests that forward rates reflect the
expected spot rates. How futures differ from forwards? Explain.
Answer:
A forward contract is an agreement between two parties to buy or
sell an asset (which can be of any kind) at a pre-agreed future point in time
at a pre-agreed price. A futures contract is a standardized contract, traded
on a futures exchange, to buy or sell a certain underlying instrument at a
certain date in the future, at a specified price. So while the date and price
are decided in advance in forward contract, a futures contract is more
unpredictable. They also differ in the forms that a futures contract is
standardized while a forward contract is made to the customer's need.
Standardization and exchange based trading of futures is the
underlying reason for most of the differences between a forward and future
transaction. Even though it may be intuitive that future trades are more
constrained than forward trades and should hamper efficient markets, the
standardization of the contracts stimulates futures market and enhances
liquidity.
In contrast to forward contracts in which a bank or a brokerage is
usually the counterparty to the contract, there is a buyer and seller on each
side of a futures trade. The futures exchange selects the contract it will
trade.
The distinguishing characteristics between forward contract and futures
contract are presented below:
SI.
No.
Characteristi
cs
I.
2.
Contract Terms
,
Contract Price
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Forward Contract
Futures Contract
Standardized contract
Changes every day
Marking
Done every day
Market
Margin
Not needed
Margin is to be paid by
Requirements
both buyers and sellers
Risk of Counter Exists
Does not exist
Party
Number
of No limit on the number Number
of
contracts
Contracts
ot contracts in a year
limited between 4 and 12 a
year
Hedging
Tailor-made contracts Since contract period is
makes possible perfect limited
to
a
month.
hedging
hedging not perfect
Liquidity
No liquidity
Highly liquid
Operational
Not
traded
on It is exchange-traded
Mechanism
exchange but traded
over the counter
Delivery
Delivery is specifically Standardized
and
cash
decided:
delivery of contracts
contracts usually result
in delivery
Q5. Arbitrage profits an investor told are risk less profits. You take
simultaneous but opposite positions in two markets to reap gains from
pricing disparities. Acting on this belief, his friend tried to find the arbitrage
profit by trading simultaneously in futures and stock index.
He has collected to the following information:
Pricing level of stock index _3000
Index futures priced at
2000
Risk free rate of return l0%p.a.
50% stocks are to pay dividcnds at 6%
Now:
At t
Action
Cash Flow
Values
1. Sell
Future 0
Contract
2. Borrow Spot price S
of index at risk
free rate
3. Buy Stock Index
(-)S
88.69
NCF
F-S(1+r-y)t >
0
3000@10
%
(-)3000
2000
(-)1650
440
T+.25
LIBOR+.70
FIXED@5%
Bank
T+.15%
Z
FIXED@5.1%
In the above structure the bank is getting 10 basis points on each swap leg
and each party I getting .05 or 5 basis points.
Q2. There are a variety of option combinations which traders adopt to suit
their risk return profile. Discuss the following option combinations:
(1) straddle
(2) strangle
Answer:
(1)Straddles are a good strategy to pursue if an investor believes that a
stock's price will move significantly, but is unsure as to which direction.
The stock price must move significantly if the investor is to make a profit.
As shown in the diagram above, should only a small movement in price
occur in either direction, the investor will experience a loss. As a result, a
straddle is extremely risky to perform.
Additionally, on stocks that are expected to jump, the market tends to
price options at a higher premium, which ultimately reduces the expected
payoff should the stock move significantly.
(2)The strategy involves buying an out-of-the-money call and an out-of-themoney put option. A strangle is generally less expensive than a straddle
as the contracts are purchased out of the money.
We can understand as per one example, suppose a stock currently trading
at $50 a share. To employ the strangle option strategy a trader enters into
two option positions, one call and one put. Say the call is for $55 and
costs $300 ($3.00 per option x 100 shares) and the put is for $45 and
costs $285 ($2.85 per option x 100 shares). If the price of the stock stays
between $45 and $55 over the life of the option the loss to the trader will
be $585 (total cost of the two option contracts). The trader will make
money if the price of the stock starts to move outside of the range. Say
that the price of the stock ends up at $35. The call option will expire
worthless and the loss will be $300 to the trader. The put option however
has gained considerable value; it is worth $715 ($1,000 less the initial
option value of $285). So the total gain the trader has made is $415.
Answer:
The Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model (OPM)
The Black-Scholes option pricing model (OPM), developed in 1973,
helped give rise to the rapid growth in options trading. This model has been
programmed into many handheld and Web-based calculators, and it is widely
used by option traders.
OPM Assumptions and Results
In deriving their model to value call options, Fischer Black and Myron
Scholes made the Following assumptions.
1. The stock underlying the call option provides no dividends or other
distributions during the life of the option.
2. There are no transaction costs for buying or selling either the stock or the
option.
3. The short-term, risk-free interest rate is known and is constant during the
life of the option.
4. Any purchaser of a security may borrow any fraction of the purchase price
at the short-term, risk-free interest rate.
5. Short selling is permitted, and the short seller will receive immediately the
full cash proceeds of todays price for a security sold short.
6. The call option can be exercised only on its expiration date.
7. Trading in all securities takes place continuously, and the stock price
moves randomly.
Where:
Case study
(a) The following options are quoted at the market:
Option
Call
Put
Expiration
Strike Price
Premium
1 Month
Rs.48.5/$
Rs.0.30
1Month
Rs.48.5/$
Rs.0.05
A trader is looking at the above options and planning to adopt long strip or
long strap strategy to make profit from the rupee-dollar exchange rate
volatility.
You are required to:
I. Show the pay off profile and indicate break even points for strip and strap
strategies in a price range of Rs 47- Rs 50 for a dollar.
II. Comment on the desirability of the above two option strategies.
(b)Consider a call option on a stock with the following parameters
Stock price: Rs210
Strike Price: Rs 220
Time to expiration: 167 days
Risk free interest rate: 10 %
Variance of annual stock returns: 20%
Compute price of the call option
Answer:
Strap Position
Call Option- Strap Position
1. Strap payoff for call in the price range of Rs. 47-Rs.50 for a dollar
Profit = 2 x (Price of Underlying - Strike Price of Calls) - Net Premium
Paid
=2(48.5-47)-.30 =
2.7
=2(48.5-48)-.30 =
0.7
=2(48.5-49)-.30 = -2.7
=2(48.5-50)-.30 = -3.3
2. There are 2 break-even points for the strap position. The breakeven
points can be calculated using the following formulae.
48.2
Strip Position
Call Option- Strip Position
1. Strip payoff for call in the price range of Rs. 47-Rs.50 for a dollar
Profit = Price of Underlying - Strike Price of Calls - Net Premium Paid
=(48.5-47)-.30
=(48.5-48)-.30
=(48.5-49)-.30
=(48.5-50)-.30
=
=
=
=
1.2
0.2
-0.8
-1.8
2. There are 2 break-even points for the strip position. The breakeven
points can be calculated using the following formulae.
48.35
48.55
48.47
Comment:
Both the options strip and strap positions are desirable till the price of
underlying is 47 and 48. When price of underlying is 49 and 50 payoffs are
negative, therefore they are not desirable.
Solution (B):
The original formula for calculating the theoretical option price (OP) is as
follows:
=10.43
Where:
d1
= [ln(210/220)+(0.10+((0.20)2 /2))0.46]/0.200.46
= -0.046+0.407= 0.453
0.453 -0.200.46
= 0.317
The variables are:
S = stock price,
X = strike price,
t = time remaining until expiration, expressed as a percent of a year
r = current continuously compounded risk-free interest rate
v = annual volatility of stock price (the standard deviation of the shortterm returns over one year).
ln = natural logarithm,
N(x) = standard normal cumulative distribution function
e = the exponential function
ASSIGNMENT C (MCQs)
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q5
Q6
Q7
Q8
Q9
Q10
B
A
E
B
E
A
D
F
C
A
Q11
Q12
Q13
Q14
Q15
Q16
Q17
Q18
Q19
Q20
B
B
D
A
B
A
D
D
C
D
Q21
Q22
Q23
Q24
Q25
Q26
Q27
Q28
Q29
Q30
B
A
C
D
C
D
D
D
B
B
Q31
Q32
Q33
Q34
Q35
Q36
Q37
Q38
Q39
Q40
C
D
B
B
B
D
E
A
E
C
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