Chapter 17 Futures Options,Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, 8th Edition, Copyright John C. Hull 2012,1,Options on Futures,Referred to by the maturity month of the underlying futures The option is American and usually expires on or a few days before the earliest delivery date of the underlying futures contract,Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, 8th Edition, Copyright John C. Hull 2012,2,Mechanics of Call Futures Options,When a call futures option is exercised the holder acquires A long position in the futures A cash amount equal to the excess of the futures price at the time of the most recent settlement over the strike price,Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, 8th Edition, Copyright John C. Hull 2012,3,Mechanics of Put Futures Option,When a put futures option is exercised the holder acquires A short position in the futures A cash amount equal to the excess of the strike price over the futures price at the time of the most recent settlement,Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, 8th Edition, Copyright John C. Hull 2012,4,Example 1 (page 361),Dec. call option contract on copper futures has a strike of 240 cents per pound. It is exercised when futures price is 251 cents and most recent settlement is 250. One contract is on 250,000 pounds Trader receives Long Dec. futures contract on copper $2,500 in cash,Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, 8th Edition, Copyright John C. Hull 2012,5,Example 2 (page 362),Dec put option contract on corn futures has a strike price of 400 cents per bushel. It is exercised when the futures price is 380 cents per bushel and the most recent settlement price is 379 cents per bushel. One contract is on 5000 bushels Trader receives Short Dec futures contract on corn $1,050 in cash,Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, 8th Edition, Copyright John C. Hull 2012,6,The Payoffs,If the futures position is closed out immediately: Payoff from call = F K Payoff from put = K F where F is futures price at time of exercise,Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, 8th Edition, Copyright John C. Hull 2012,7,Potential Advantages of Futures Options over Spot Options,Futures contracts may be easier to trade and more liquid than the underlying asset Exercise of option does not lead to delivery of underlying asset Futures options and futures usually trade on same exchange Futures options may entail lower transactions costs,Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, 8th Edition, Copyright John C. Hull 2012,8,European Futures Options,European futures options and spot options are equivalent when futures contract matures at the same time as the option It is common to regard European spot options as European futures options when they are valued in the over-the-counter markets,Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, 8th Edition, Copyright John C. Hull 2012,9,Put-Call Parity for Futures Options (Equation 16.1, page 345),Consider the following two portfolios: 1. European call plus KerT of cash 2. European put plus long futures plus cash equal to F0erT They must be worth the same at time T so that c + KerT = p + F0erT,Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, 8th Edition, Copyright John C. Hull 2012,10,Other Relations,F0 erT K (F0 K)erT p (F0 K)erT,Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, 8th Edition, Copyright John C. Hull 2012,11,Binomial Tree Example,A 1-month call option on futures has a strike price of 29.,Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, 8th Edition, Copyright John C. Hull 2012,12,Futures Price = $28 Option Price = $0,Setting Up a Riskless Portfolio,Consider the Portfolio: long D futures short 1 call option Portfolio is riskless when 3D 4 = 2D or D = 0.8,Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, 8th Edition, Copyright John C. Hull 2012,13,Valuing the Portfolio ( Risk-Free Rate is 6% ),The riskless portfolio is: long 0.8 futures short 1 call option The value of the portfolio in 1 month is 1.6 The value of the portfolio today is 1.6e0.06/12 = 1.592,Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, 8th Edition, Copyright John C. Hull 2012,14,Valuing the Option,The portfolio that is long 0.8 futures short 1 option is worth 1.592 The value of the futures is zero The value of the option must therefore be 1.592,Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, 8th Edition, Copyright John C. Hull 2012,15,Generalization of Binomial Tree Example (Figure 17.2, page 368),A derivative lasts for time T and is dependent on a futures price,Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, 8th Edition, Copyright John C. Hull 2012,16,Generalization (continued),Consider the portfolio that is long D futures and short 1 derivative The portfolio is riskless when,Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives, 8th Edition, Copyright John C. Hull 2012,17,F0u D - F0 D u,F0d D- F0D d,Generalization (continued),Value of the portfolio at time T is F0u D F0D u Value of portfolio today is Hence = F0uD F0D uerT,O